Where does Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance ranks #4,652 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 Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance hold?

Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance holds 76 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 50 technology areas.

What is Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance's Innovation Score?

Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance has an Innovation Score of 51.6 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance focus on?

Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 24 patents, ranking #571 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 50 CPC subclasses total.

Is Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance's recent grant velocity is +138% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance's patents?

Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance's patents average 13.6 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 Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance 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

Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 76 granted patents across 50 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valeo ranks #4,652 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 76 patents across 50 technology areas.

#4,652
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.6/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: +138%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4652 · Foreign Corporation #4,652 · 76 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 76 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,652/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SuccessFactors
CPC-WIDE G02B · 50 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +138% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SuccessFactors, 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 Valeo’s 51.6 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 15.0 pts (29%) Velocity 3.4 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Headway · near

52
Kyoraku · near

52
Prophesee · near

52
Valeo Comfort AND… · this assignee

52
Institut Curie · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valeo's Innovation Score is 51.6/100 (top 11% 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 Valeo?

Each dot is one of Valeo’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). Valeo’s own 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Valeo's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance received 50 grants versus 21 in 2015–2019 (+138% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 15 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 3. Lead class G02B accounts for 31.6% of the portfolio across 50 subclasses. Volume neighbours: SuccessFactors, Inc. (#4,648) and Applied Research Associates, Inc. (#4,656).

Valeo's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance moved from 41 to 21 grants (0.51x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

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Technological Res…

76
Toda Kogyo

76
University OF Uls…

76
Valeo Comfort AND… ◀

76
Ansaldo Energia I…

75
Arthrosurface Inc…

75
Assia SPE

75
Applied Research…

75

What this shows Valeo holds 76 patents at rank #4,652, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Valeo

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,652 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Valeo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Valeo ranks #571 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Kyoraku Co., Ltd. 52 Headway Technologies, Inc. 52 Prophesee 52 Institut Curie 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.6 here).

Health Research, Inc. 13.6 avg ABB S.P.A. 13.6 avg Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd. 13.7 avg Prince Castle LLC 13.7 avg

Valeo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	3.9%
2018	6	7.9%
2019	12	15.8%
2020	15	19.7%
2021	14	18.4%
2022	11	14.5%
2023	5	6.6%
2024	5	6.6%
2025partial year	5	6.6%

Which technologies does Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 24

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 21

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 21

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 14

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 13

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 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

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 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

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

Top 15 of 50 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

Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 31.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #4,652 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance against SuccessFactors, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.6/100 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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