Where does Valeo Iluminacion rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valeo Iluminacion ranks #9,156 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 Iluminacion hold?

Valeo Iluminacion holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Valeo Iluminacion's Innovation Score?

Valeo Iluminacion has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Valeo Iluminacion's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valeo Iluminacion's recent grant velocity is -48% 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 Iluminacion's patents?

Valeo Iluminacion's patents average 18.7 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 Iluminacion 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 Iluminacion

Q: What technology areas does Valeo Iluminacion focus on?

Valeo Iluminacion's top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 28 patents, ranking #62 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 16 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valeo ranks #9,156 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 16 technology areas.

#9,156
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -48%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9156 · Foreign Corporation #9,156 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,156/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Universitat DE…
CPC-FOCUS F21S · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -48% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Universitat DE Valencia (±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 38.8 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 12.4 pts (32%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 14.1 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boral IP Holdings… · near

39
Fondazione Telethon · near

39
Harada Industry · near

39
Physical Optics · near

39
Valeo Iluminacion · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valeo's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 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 Iluminacion is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Valeo sits between Universitat DE Valencia and Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH.

Valeo's three-year grant acceleration

Valeo Iluminacion shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Universitat DE Va…

35
Universiteit Twen…

35
Uvic Industry Par…

35
University of Sou…

35
Valmet Aktiebolag

35
Van Zanten Breedi…

35
Vionic Group

35
Vitesco Germany

35
Valeo Iluminacion ◀

35

What this shows Valeo holds 35 patents at rank #9,154, 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 #9,154 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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 F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices), Valeo ranks #62 of 1,094 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Boral IP Holdings (AUSTRALIA) PTY Limited 39 Physical Optics Corporation 39 Fondazione Telethon 39 Harada Industry Co., Ltd. 39

Valeo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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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Valeo Iluminacion patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.9%
2016	2	5.7%
2017	5	14.3%
2018	5	14.3%
2019	10	28.6%
2020	6	17.1%
2021	3	8.6%
2022	3	8.6%

Which technologies does Valeo Iluminacion patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 28

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 26

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 9

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 5

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

F16H - Gearing 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 16 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 Iluminacion's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Valeo Iluminacion's lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #9,156 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valeo Iluminacion against Universitat DE Valencia, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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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