Where does Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. ranks #5,485 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 Japan Co., Ltd. hold?

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. holds 63 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 50.0 out of 100 (top 14% 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 Japan Co., Ltd. focus on?

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 16 patents, ranking #82 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

Is Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -72% 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 Japan Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.3 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 Japan Co., Ltd. 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 Japan Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 63 granted patents across 54 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valeo ranks #5,485 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 63 patents across 54 technology areas.

#5,485
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.0/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: -72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5485 · Foreign Corporation #5,485 · 63 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 63 grants
UPPER-Q #5,485/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ultravision
CPC-WIDE H01H · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ultravision Technologies, LLC (±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 50.0 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 14.4 pts (29%) Velocity 4.4 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (50%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Dow Corning Toray · near

50
Li-cor · near

50
Linxens Holding · near

50
Swiss Reinsurance · near

50
Valeo Japan · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valeo's Innovation Score is 50.0/100 (top 14% 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 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 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 Japan Co., Ltd. received 13 grants versus 46 in 2015–2019 (-72% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 14 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 1. Lead class H01H accounts for 25.4% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Unlikely Artificial Intelligence Limited (#5,482) and Yangzhou University (#5,490).

Valeo's three-year grant acceleration

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Unlikely Artifici…

63
UWM Research Foun…

63
Ultravision

63
Varian Medical Sy…

63
Virtual Hold Tech…

63
Vitesco USA

63
Welltec Oilfield…

63
Yangzhou Universi…

63
Valeo Japan ◀

63

What this shows Valeo holds 63 patents at rank #5,486, 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 #5,486 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01H (Electric Switches)

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 H01H (Electric Switches), Valeo ranks #82 of 1,006 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Li-cor, Inc. 50 Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd. 50 Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd. 50 Linxens Holding 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.3 here).

Whirlpool S.A. 10.3 avg Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd. 10.3 avg Medline Industries, LP 10.3 avg Hitachi High-tech Corporation 10.3 avg

Valeo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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.

View data table

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	19.0%
2016	4	6.3%
2017	9	14.3%
2018	14	22.2%
2019	7	11.1%
2020	4	6.3%
2021	1	1.6%
2022	3	4.8%
2023	1	1.6%
2024	4	6.3%
2025partial year	4	6.3%

Which technologies does Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 16

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 12

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 9

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 9

H03K - Pulse Technique 6

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 5

F16H - Gearing 5

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 5

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 3

Top 15 of 54 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 Japan Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 25.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #5,485 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. against Unlikely Artificial Intelligence Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.0/100 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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