Where does TRW Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TRW Limited ranks #3,759 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 Limited hold?

TRW Limited holds 97 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is TRW Limited's Innovation Score?

TRW Limited has an Innovation Score of 46.9 out of 100 (top 20% 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 Limited focus on?

TRW Limited's top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 61 patents, ranking #61 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is TRW Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TRW Limited's recent grant velocity is -46% 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 Limited's patents?

TRW Limited's patents average 13.4 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 Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

TRW Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 97 granted patents across 40 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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 #3,759 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 97 patents across 40 technology areas.

#3,759
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.9/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3759 · Foreign Corporation #3,759 · 97 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 97 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,759/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Skip Hop
CPC-WIDE B62D · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Skip Hop, Inc. (±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 46.9 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 (34%) Velocity 0.7 pts (1%) Breadth 22.4 pts (48%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Build a Rocket Boy… · near

47
Empa Eidgenössische… · near

47
Hint · near

47
London Health… · near

47
TRW · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TRW's Innovation Score is 46.9/100 (top 20% 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 13.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TRW's grants concentrate

TRW Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 62.9% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (22 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, TRW sits between Skip Hop, Inc. and UPI Semiconductor Corp..

TRW's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TRW Limited moved from 50 to 5 grants (0.10x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Skip Hop

97
Takata

97
TBL Licensing

97
Toyoda Iron Works

97
Taoglas Group Hol…

97
Tokyo University…

97
Universite Paul S…

97
UPI Semiconductor

97
TRW ◀

97

What this shows TRW holds 97 patents at rank #3,756, 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 #3,756 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 #61 of 1,368 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Hint, Inc. 47 Empa Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs-und Forschungsanstalt 47 London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc. 47 Build a Rocket Boy Games Ltd. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.4 here).

Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. 13.4 avg Chang Chun Plastics Co., Ltd. 13.4 avg Archer-daniels-midland Company 13.4 avg Lite-on Electronics (GUANGZHOU) Limited 13.4 avg

TRW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	9.3%
2016	6	6.2%
2017	9	9.3%
2018	18	18.6%
2019	21	21.6%
2020	22	22.7%
2021	7	7.2%
2022	3	3.1%
2023	1	1.0%
2024	1	1.0%

Which technologies does TRW Limited patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 61

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 29

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

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 6

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 5

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

F16H - Gearing 4

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

Top 15 of 40 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

TRW Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TRW Limited's lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 62.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #3,759 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TRW Limited against Skip Hop, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.