Where does ADP Gauselmann GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ADP Gauselmann GMBH ranks #9,690 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 ADP Gauselmann GMBH hold?

ADP Gauselmann GMBH holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is ADP Gauselmann GMBH's Innovation Score?

ADP Gauselmann GMBH has an Innovation Score of 28.2 out of 100 (26th 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 ADP Gauselmann GMBH focus on?

ADP Gauselmann GMBH's top technology area is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus) with 27 patents, ranking #90 of 1,075 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is ADP Gauselmann GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ADP Gauselmann GMBH's recent grant velocity is -48% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for ADP Gauselmann GMBH's patents?

ADP Gauselmann GMBH's patents average 16.6 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 ADP Gauselmann GMBH 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

ADP Gauselmann GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ADP ranks #9,690 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 3 technology areas.

#9,690
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.2/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -48%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9690 · Foreign Corporation #9,690 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,690/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 9224-5489 Quebec
CPC-NARROW G07F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -48% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 9224-5489 Quebec 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 ADP’s 28.2 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 12.1 pts (43%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (22%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aramara Beauty · near

28
ADP Gauselmann · this assignee

28
Motionpoint · near

28
PureTech Health · near

28
IP GEM Group · near

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ADP's Innovation Score is 28.2/100 (26th 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 ADP?

Each dot is one of ADP’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). ADP’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ADP's grants concentrate

ADP Gauselmann GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 84.4% of grants classified under G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, ADP sits between 9224-5489 Quebec Inc. and Ankon Technologies Co., Ltd.

9224-5489 Quebec

32
AB Sandvik Coroma…

32
Acadia Pharmaceut…

32
ADA Carbon Soluti…

32
Altergon

32
American Internat…

32
Amphenol Fiber Op…

32
Ankon

32
ADP Gauselmann ◀

32

What this shows ADP holds 32 patents at rank #9,688, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ADP

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,688 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ADP, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), ADP ranks #90 of 1,075 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (28 here).

Motionpoint Corporation 28 PureTech Health, LLC 28 IP GEM Group, LLC 28 Aramara Beauty LLC 28

ADP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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ADP Gauselmann GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.3%
2017	1	3.1%
2018	3	9.4%
2019	15	46.9%
2020	11	34.4%

Which technologies does ADP Gauselmann GMBH patent most?

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 27

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 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 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

ADP Gauselmann GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ADP Gauselmann GMBH's lead technology class is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), 84.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07F
Ranked #9,690 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ADP Gauselmann GMBH against 9224-5489 Quebec Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.2/100 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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