Where does Volvo Group Canada, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Volvo Group Canada, Inc. ranks #7,960 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 Group Canada, Inc. hold?

Volvo Group Canada, Inc. holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Volvo Group Canada, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Volvo Group Canada, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.9 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Volvo Group Canada, Inc. focus on?

Volvo Group Canada, Inc.'s top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 1 patents, ranking #1,706 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Volvo Group Canada, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Volvo Group Canada, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +222% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Volvo Group Canada, Inc.'s patents?

Volvo Group Canada, Inc.'s patents average 1.9 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 Group Canada, 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 Foreign Corporation

Volvo Group Canada, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Volvo ranks #7,960 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 3 technology areas.

#7,960
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.9/100): 1.9
avg claims per patent: +222%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7960 · Foreign Corporation #7,960 · 41 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,960/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH University of…
CPC-NARROW H01M · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +222% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (±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 28.9 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 12.9 pts (45%) Velocity 8.8 pts (30%) Breadth 6.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 1.1 pts (4%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eternal Plant Boijl… · near

29
Volvo Group Canada · this assignee

29
Changzhou T&D… · near

29
Renon Power Technology · near

29
Shenyang Xinchuang… · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Volvo's Innovation Score is 28.9/100 (29th percentile 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 1.9 claims/patent is at or below the 11.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Volvo's grants concentrate

Volvo Group Canada, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 2.4% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Volvo sits between University of Shanghai for Science and Technology and Worthington Industries, Inc..

Volvo's three-year grant acceleration

Volvo Group Canada, Inc. shows 21 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

University of Sha…

41
Voyager Therapeut…

41
Versa Networks

41
Vitaworks IP

41
WestfÄLische Wilh…

41
Wuhan Kaidi Engin…

41
Ward-kraft

41
Worthington Indus…

41
Volvo Group Canada ◀

41

What this shows Volvo holds 41 patents at rank #7,961, 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 #7,961 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Volvo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01M (Processes OR Means), Volvo ranks #1,706 of 2,332 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Eternal Plant Boijl B.V. 29 Changzhou T&D International Trading Co., Ltd. 29 Renon Power Technology Inc. 29 Shenyang Xinchuang Business Management Consulting Co., Ltd 29

Volvo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Volvo Group Canada, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	2.4%
2019	8	19.5%
2020	5	12.2%
2021	3	7.3%
2022	3	7.3%
2023	12	29.3%
2024	6	14.6%
2025partial year	3	7.3%

Which technologies does Volvo Group Canada, Inc. patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

Top 3 of 3 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 Group Canada, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Volvo Group Canada, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 2.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #7,960 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Volvo Group Canada, Inc. against University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.9/100 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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