Where does TRW Automotive U.S. LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TRW Automotive U.S. LLC ranks #3,788 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does TRW Automotive U.S. LLC hold?

TRW Automotive U.S. LLC holds 96 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is TRW Automotive U.S. LLC's Innovation Score?

TRW Automotive U.S. LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.5 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TRW Automotive U.S. LLC focus on?

TRW Automotive U.S. LLC's top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 30 patents, ranking #114 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

Is TRW Automotive U.S. LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TRW Automotive U.S. LLC's recent grant velocity is -74% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for TRW Automotive U.S. LLC's patents?

TRW Automotive U.S. LLC's patents average 15.2 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the TRW Automotive U.S. LLC patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

TRW Automotive U.S. LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 96 granted patents across 55 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TRW ranks #3,788 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 96 patents across 55 technology areas.

#3,788
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.5/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -74%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3788 · US Corporation #3,788 · 96 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 96 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,788/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rogers
CPC-WIDE B62D · 55 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -74% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rogers Corporation (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How TRW’s 50.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 15.8 pts (31%) Velocity 0.6 pts (1%) Breadth 25.0 pts (50%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alfred KÄRCHER SE & KG · near

50
Carlisle Fluid · near

50
Research Development… · near

50
TRW Automotive U S · this assignee

50
WinField Solutions · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TRW's Innovation Score is 50.5/100 (top 13% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for TRW?

Each dot is one of TRW’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). TRW’s own 15.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

TRW vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How TRW's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, TRW Automotive U.S. LLC received 20 grants versus 76 in 2015–2019 (-74% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 20 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 2. Lead class B62D accounts for 31.3% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Rogers Corporation (#3,782) and University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation (#3,790).

TRW's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TRW Automotive U.S. LLC moved from 36 to 3 grants (0.08x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Rogers

96
Rosemount Tank Ra…

96
Shenzhen SNC Opto

96
Suncoke Technolog…

96
Teradiode

96
The Hospital for…

96
Universitat Zurich

96
University of Seo…

96
TRW Automotive U S ◀

96

What this shows TRW holds 96 patents at rank #3,786, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TRW

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,786 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in TRW's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TRW, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B62D (Motor Vehicles), TRW ranks #114 of 1,368 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Research Development Foundation 50 WinField Solutions, LLC 50 Carlisle Fluid Technologies, LLC 50 Alfred KÄRCHER SE & Co. KG 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.2 here).

Dayco IP Holdings, LLC 15.2 avg Melexis Technologies NV 15.2 avg Swarovski-Optik AG & Co KG. 15.2 avg Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg

TRW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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TRW Automotive U.S. LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	15.6%
2016	20	20.8%
2017	13	13.5%
2018	9	9.4%
2019	19	19.8%
2020	15	15.6%
2021	2	2.1%
2022	3	3.1%

Which technologies does TRW Automotive U.S. LLC patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 30

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 28

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 10

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 10

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 8

F16H - Gearing 7

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 7

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 7

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 7

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 6

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 6

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 6

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 6

Top 15 of 55 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

TRW Automotive U.S. LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TRW Automotive U.S. LLC's lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 31.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #3,788 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TRW Automotive U.S. LLC against Rogers Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.5/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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