Where does Valeo Radar Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valeo Radar Systems, Inc. ranks #23,620 of 50,000 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 Radar Systems, Inc. hold?

Valeo Radar Systems, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Valeo Radar Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Valeo Radar Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.7 out of 100 (top 72% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Valeo Radar Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valeo Radar Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -29% 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 Radar Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Valeo Radar Systems, Inc.'s patents average 14.5 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 Radar 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

Valeo Radar Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Valeo Radar Systems, Inc. focus on?

Valeo Radar Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 11 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: 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 ARRA).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valeo ranks #23,620 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 10 technology areas.

#23,620
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 72%
by Innovation Score (28.7/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23620 · US Corporation #23,620 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,620/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Vacular Solutions
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vacular Solutions, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Valeo Radar Systems · this assignee

29
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Valeo's Innovation Score is 28.7/100 (top 72% 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.

Where Valeo's grants concentrate

Valeo Radar Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 91.7% of grants classified under 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 ARRA). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Valeo sits between Volvo Technology Corporation and Veeder-root Company.

Volvo Technology

12
Vulco

12
VYSK Communicatio…

12
Vacular Solutions

12
Valor Communicati…

12
Vasu Networks

12
Veeco ALD

12
Veeder-root

12
Valeo Radar Syste… ◀

12

What this shows Valeo holds 12 patents at rank #23,626, 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 #23,626 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Valeo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 Top 72% higher than 28% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Valeo Radar Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	25.0%
2017	3	25.0%
2018	1	8.3%
2020	2	16.7%
2021	3	25.0%

Which technologies does Valeo Radar Systems, Inc. patent most?

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 11

B60Q - ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL 2

H01Q - ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS 2

G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS 2

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 2

H04B - TRANSMISSION 1

H03L - AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES 1

B60T - VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL ; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES 1

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 1

G08G - TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#23,620

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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