Where does Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB ranks #20,609 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 Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB hold?

Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB's Innovation Score?

Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB has an Innovation Score of 54.1 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB.

What does claim depth mean for Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB's patents?

Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB's patents average 16.2 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 Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB 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

Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB

Q: What technology areas does Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB focus on?

Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB'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 6 patents, ranking #321 of 1,122 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 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, Volvo ranks #20,609 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 18 technology areas.

#20,609
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.1/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20609 · Foreign Corporation #20,609 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,609/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Virun
CPC-FOCUS B60W · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Virun, 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.

How Volvo’s 54.1 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 9.4 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 15.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Volvo Autonomous… · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Volvo's Innovation Score is 54.1/100 (top 8% 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 Volvo?

Each dot is one of Volvo’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). Volvo’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Volvo's grants concentrate

Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 42.9% 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, Volvo sits between Virun, Inc. and Watermark Designs, LLC.

Volvo's three-year grant acceleration

Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB shows 3 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.

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14

What this shows Volvo holds 14 patents at rank #20,605, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Volvo

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,605 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 Volvo's primary technology class.

Volvo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	3	21.4%
2025partial year	11	78.6%

Which technologies does Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB 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 6

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 4

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 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

G01G - Weighing 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB'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), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60W
Ranked #20,609 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB against Virun, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.1/100 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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