Where does Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC ranks #9,162 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 Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC hold?

Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC's Innovation Score?

Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC has an Innovation Score of 58.8 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 Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC's patents?

Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC's patents average 19.1 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC focus on?

Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC's top technology area is 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) with 18 patents, ranking #169 of 1,122 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC 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 PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Volkswagen ranks #9,162 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 18 technology areas.

#9,162
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.8/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9162 · US Corporation #9,162 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,162/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Van Zanten Breeding…
CPC-FOCUS B60W · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Van Zanten Breeding B.V. (±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 Volkswagen’s 58.8 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 (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 15.0 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Quick Quack Car… · near

59
ETH Zurich · near

59
Rain Bird · near

59
Volkswagen Group of… · this assignee

59
Beijing Sankuai… · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Volkswagen's Innovation Score is 58.8/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Volkswagen?

Each dot is one of Volkswagen’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). Volkswagen’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Volkswagen's grants concentrate

Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 51.4% of grants classified under 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). By volume, Volkswagen sits between Van Zanten Breeding B.V. and Wenger Manufacturing Inc..

Volkswagen's three-year grant acceleration

Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Van Zanten Breedi…

35
Vionic Group

35
Vitesco Germany

35
Vivonics

35
Wisol

35
Woobo Tech

35
WWW Trustscience…

35
Wenger Manufactur…

35
Volkswagen Group… ◀

35

What this shows Volkswagen holds 35 patents at rank #9,160, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Volkswagen

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,160 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60W (Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type O…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Volkswagen, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60W (Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type O…), Volkswagen ranks #169 of 1,122 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Beijing Sankuai Online Technology Co., Ltd. 59 ETH Zurich 59 Rain Bird Corporation 59 Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings, LLC 59

Volkswagen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 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 · 2024–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	5	14.3%
2025partial year	30	85.7%

Which technologies does Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC patent most?

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 18

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 6

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 6

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

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What to do with this data

Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC's lead technology class is 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), 51.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60W
Ranked #9,162 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC against Van Zanten Breeding B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.8/100 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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