Where does Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur ranks #2,259 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 Equipements Electriques Moteur hold?

Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur holds 174 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 49 technology areas.

What is Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur's Innovation Score?

Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% 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 Equipements Electriques Moteur focus on?

Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur's top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 103 patents, ranking #27 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 49 CPC subclasses total.

Is Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur's recent grant velocity is -52% 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 Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur's patents?

Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur's patents average 15.3 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 Equipements Electriques Moteur 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 Equipements Electriques Moteur

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 174 granted patents across 49 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valeo ranks #2,259 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 174 patents across 49 technology areas.

#2,259
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2259 · Foreign Corporation #2,259 · 174 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 174 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,259/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Outotec (FINLAND) OY
CPC-WIDE H02K · 49 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Outotec (FINLAND) OY (±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 56.0 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 17.8 pts (32%) Velocity 4.2 pts (8%) Breadth 24.7 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bar-Ilan University · near

56
Optos · near

56
SMR Patents S à r l · near

56
Universite DE… · near

56
Valeo Equipements… · this assignee

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valeo's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Valeo's grants concentrate

Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur is a focused PatentsView assignee: 49 CPC subclasses with 59.2% of grants classified under H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (30 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2021. By volume, Valeo sits between Outotec (FINLAND) OY and Bell Sports, Inc..

Valeo's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur moved from 49 to 31 grants (0.63x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,358. See the growth leaderboard.

Outotec (Finland)…

174
SIG Sauer

174
Stmicroelectronic…

174
Sumitomo Construc…

174
Yahoo Japan

174
Valeo Equipements… ◀

174
Bard Access Syste…

173
Beckhoff Automati…

173
Bell Sports

173

What this shows Valeo holds 174 patents at rank #2,259, 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 #2,259 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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 H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), Valeo ranks #27 of 1,724 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

SMR Patents S.à.r.l. 56 Universite DE Strasbourg 56 Optos PLC 56 Bar-Ilan University 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.3 here).

Elemental Scientific, Inc. 15.3 avg Briggs & Stratton, LLC 15.3 avg Contemporary Amperex Technology (HONG KONG) Limited 15.3 avg Labrador Diagnostics LLC 15.3 avg

Valeo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	12.6%
2016	16	9.2%
2017	19	10.9%
2018	30	17.2%
2019	26	14.9%
2020	17	9.8%
2021	6	3.4%
2022	10	5.7%
2023	10	5.7%
2024	11	6.3%
2025partial year	7	4.0%

Which technologies does Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 103

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 37

F02N - Starting OF Combustion ENGINES; Starting Aids FOR Such Engines, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 25

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 16

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 15

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 14

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 12

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 10

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 9

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 9

F16H - Gearing 6

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 6

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 6

Top 15 of 49 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 Equipements Electriques Moteur's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur's lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 59.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #2,259 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur against Outotec (FINLAND) OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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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