Where does TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. ranks #7,637 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 Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. hold?

TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. holds 43 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.'s Innovation Score?

TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.5 out of 100 (top 49% 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 Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. focus on?

TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.'s top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 43 patents, ranking #105 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -28% 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 Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.'s patents?

TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. 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 Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 43 granted patents across 9 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TRW ranks #7,637 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 43 patents across 9 technology areas.

#7,637
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.5/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7637 · US Corporation #7,637 · 43 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 43 grants
UPPER-Q #7,637/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teladoc Health
CPC-NARROW B60R · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teladoc Health, 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 35.5 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 13.1 pts (37%) Velocity 0.3 pts (1%) Breadth 10.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eberhard Karls… · near

35
Chaoyang Semiconduct… · near

35
GCX · near

35
Lansinoh Laboratories · near

35
TRW Vehicle Safety… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TRW's Innovation Score is 35.5/100 (top 49% 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 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 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 Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, TRW sits between THE Board OF Regents OF THE Nevada System OF Higher Education ON Behalf OF THE University OF Nevada, LAS Vegas and The University of Sheffield.

TRW's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. moved from 21 to 1 grants (0.05x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

THE Board OF Rege…

43
THE University OF…

43
Tokyo Metropolita…

43
Trumpf Medizin Sy…

43
Tsudakoma Kogyo

43
Teladoc Health

43
The Fynder Group

43
The University of…

43
TRW Vehicle Safet… ◀

43

What this shows TRW holds 43 patents at rank #7,634, 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 #7,634 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (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 B60R (Vehicles), TRW ranks #105 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Chaoyang Semiconductor Jiangyin Technology Co., Ltd. 35 GCX Corporation 35 Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. 35 Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen Medizinische Fakultaet 35

TRW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	14.0%
2016	8	18.6%
2017	5	11.6%
2018	2	4.7%
2019	4	9.3%
2020	7	16.3%
2021	10	23.3%
2022	1	2.3%

Which technologies does TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 43

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 3

B01D - Separation 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 1

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

Top 9 of 9 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 Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.'s lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #7,637 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. against THE Board OF Regents OF THE Nevada System OF Higher Education ON Behalf OF THE University OF Nevada, LAS Vegas, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.5/100 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

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