Where does Valeo Systemes Thermiques rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valeo Systemes Thermiques ranks #1,101 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 Systemes Thermiques hold?

Valeo Systemes Thermiques holds 388 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 92 technology areas.

What is Valeo Systemes Thermiques's Innovation Score?

Valeo Systemes Thermiques has an Innovation Score of 59.8 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Valeo Systemes Thermiques's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valeo Systemes Thermiques's recent grant velocity is -23% 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 Systemes Thermiques's patents?

Valeo Systemes Thermiques's patents average 12.0 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 Systemes Thermiques 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 Systemes Thermiques

Q: What technology areas does Valeo Systemes Thermiques focus on?

Valeo Systemes Thermiques's top technology area is F28F (Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application) with 115 patents. Grants appear in 92 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 388 granted patents across 92 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: F28F (Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valeo ranks #1,101 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 388 patents across 92 technology areas.

#1,101
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.8/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1101 · Foreign Corporation #1,101 · 388 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 388 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,101/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Japan Science and…
CPC-WIDE F28F · 92 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Japan Science and Technology Agency (±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
Kemira OYJ · near

60
Ferrari S p A · near

60
Foxconn Interconnect… · near

60
Organo · near

60
Valeo Systemes… · this assignee

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valeo's Innovation Score is 59.8/100 (top 4% 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.

How Valeo's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Valeo Systemes Thermiques received 148 grants versus 192 in 2015–2019 (-23% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 53 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 19. Lead class F28F accounts for 29.6% of the portfolio across 92 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. (#1,097) and PPC Broadband, Inc. (#1,105).

Valeo's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Valeo Systemes Thermiques moved from 92 to 97 grants (1.05x 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 #1,055. See the growth leaderboard.

Lutron

389
Schneider Electri…

389
View

389
Japan Science and…

388
Valeo Systemes Th… ◀

388
Auris Health

387
Contemporary Ampe…

387
Infinera

386
PPC Broadband

386

What this shows Valeo holds 388 patents at rank #1,101, 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 #1,101 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F28F (Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Ferrari S.p.A. 60 Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited 60 Organo Corporation 60 Kemira OYJ 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.0 here).

Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd. 12.0 avg Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. 12.0 avg SOLiD, Inc. 12.0 avg Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation 12.0 avg

Valeo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 Systemes Thermiques patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	27	7.0%
2016	30	7.7%
2017	48	12.4%
2018	46	11.9%
2019	41	10.6%
2020	27	7.0%
2021	24	6.2%
2022	19	4.9%
2023	25	6.4%
2024	53	13.7%
2025partial year	48	12.4%

Which technologies does Valeo Systemes Thermiques patent most?

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 115

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 110

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 101

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 76

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 70

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 41

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 38

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 37

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 28

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 28

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 27

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 21

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 20

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 19

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 18

Top 15 of 92 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,101

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

59.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Valeo Systemes Thermiques's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Valeo Systemes Thermiques's lead technology class is F28F (Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application), 29.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F28F
Ranked #1,101 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valeo Systemes Thermiques against Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.8/100 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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