Where does Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG ranks #3,244 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 Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG hold?

Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG holds 115 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG's Innovation Score?

Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG focus on?

Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG's top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs) with 54 patents. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG's recent grant velocity is +31% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG's patents?

Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG's patents average 10.9 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 Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG 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

Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 115 granted patents across 30 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: E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Abus ranks #3,244 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 115 patents across 30 technology areas.

#3,244
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: +31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3244 · Foreign Corporation #3,244 · 115 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 115 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,244/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Achates Power
CPC-FOCUS E05B · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Achates Power, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Verizon Media · near

49
Abus August… · this assignee

49
Adva Optical… · near

49
Dexin · near

49
Hydrogenics · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Abus's Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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 Abus's grants concentrate

Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 47% of grants classified under E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (17 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Abus sits between UCL Business PLC and Catalyst Lifestyle Limited.

Abus's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG moved from 35 to 33 grants (0.94x 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 #1,350. See the growth leaderboard.

UCL Business

116
Unirac

116
Valmont Industries

116
Wiwynn

116
Aledia

115
Achates Power

115
Adrenalineip

115
Catalyst Lifestyle

115
Abus August Bremi… ◀

115

What this shows Abus holds 115 patents at rank #3,244, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Abus

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,244 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Adva Optical Networking SE 49 Dexin Corporation 49 Hydrogenics Corporation 49 Verizon Media Inc. 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.9 here).

Xidian University 10.9 avg Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. 10.9 avg Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC 10.9 avg King Abdulaziz University 10.9 avg

Abus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% 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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Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	5.2%
2016	3	2.6%
2017	6	5.2%
2018	14	12.2%
2019	13	11.3%
2020	14	12.2%
2021	8	7.0%
2022	9	7.8%
2023	7	6.1%
2024	17	14.8%
2025partial year	18	15.7%

Which technologies does Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 54

B62H - Cycle STANDS; Supports OR Holders FOR Parking OR Storing CYCLES; Appliances Preventing OR Indicating Unauthorized USE OR Theft OF CYCLES; Locks Integral With CYCLES; Devices FOR Learning TO Ride Cycles 21

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 8

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 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 3

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 3

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 3

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 3

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 2

E05G - Safes OR Strong-rooms FOR VALUABLES; Bank Protection DEVICES; Safety Transaction Partitions 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

Top 15 of 30 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,244

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.6 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

Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG's lead technology class is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs), 47% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05B
Ranked #3,244 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Abus August Bremicker Söhne KG against UCL Business PLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.