Where does Wabco Europe Bvba rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wabco Europe Bvba ranks #3,872 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 Wabco Europe Bvba hold?

Wabco Europe Bvba holds 94 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Wabco Europe Bvba's Innovation Score?

Wabco Europe Bvba has an Innovation Score of 48.3 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wabco Europe Bvba focus on?

Wabco Europe Bvba's top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 41 patents. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wabco Europe Bvba's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wabco Europe Bvba's recent grant velocity is +124% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Wabco Europe Bvba's patents?

Wabco Europe Bvba's patents average 15.1 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.

How is the Wabco Europe Bvba 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

Wabco Europe Bvba

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 94 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wabco ranks #3,872 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 94 patents across 35 technology areas.

#3,872
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.3/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +124%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3872 · Foreign Corporation #3,872 · 94 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 94 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,872/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Trustees of the…
CPC-FOCUS F16D · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +124% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bigfoot Biomedical · near

48
Buerkert Werke & KG · near

48
Fast IP · near

48
Wabco Europe Bvba · this assignee

48
Yokowo · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wabco's Innovation Score is 48.3/100 (top 17% 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 Wabco's grants concentrate

Wabco Europe Bvba is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 43.6% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (23 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Wabco sits between The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology and Avon Products, Inc..

Wabco's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Wabco Europe Bvba moved from 54 to 21 grants (0.39x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

The Trustees of t…

94
Unity Semiconduct…

94
University Court…

94
Valeo Systemes DE…

94
Wisk Aero

94
Xieon Networks r l

94
Wabco Europe Bvba ◀

94
Arrowhead Pharmac…

93
Avon Products

93

What this shows Wabco holds 94 patents at rank #3,872, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wabco

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,872 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wabco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Yokowo Co., Ltd. 48 Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. 48 Fast IP, LLC 48 Buerkert Werke Gmbh & Co. KG 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

The Esab Group, Inc. 15.1 avg Pella Corporation 15.1 avg Wonderland Switzerland AG 15.1 avg Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co., Ltd. 15.1 avg

Wabco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Wabco Europe Bvba patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.2%
2017	9	9.6%
2018	7	7.4%
2019	10	10.6%
2020	23	24.5%
2021	21	22.3%
2022	18	19.1%
2023	3	3.2%

Which technologies does Wabco Europe Bvba patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 41

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 27

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 11

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 9

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 8

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 8

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 4

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

F01C - Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 3

Top 15 of 35 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,872

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.3 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

Wabco Europe Bvba's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wabco Europe Bvba's lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 43.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #3,872 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wabco Europe Bvba against The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.3/100 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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