USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B22D (CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES).

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

16.0

Avg claims per patent

+20%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ALD ranks #11,530 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 21 technology areas.

#11,530
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh has been granted 26 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh at #11,530 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 21 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in B22D (CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES). As a Foreign Corporation, ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, ALD sits between Access Medical Systems, Ltd. (26 patents, rank #11,523) and Amneal Pharmaceuticals Llc (26 patents, rank #11,531) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 40.8/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 12 grants, compared with 10 in the 2015–2019 window, a +20% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh's 16.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 21 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

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26

What this shows ALD holds 26 patents at rank #11,527, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ALD

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,527 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22D (Casting OF Metals)

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

ALD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.8%
2017	3	11.5%
2018	1	3.8%
2019	5	19.2%
2020	3	11.5%
2021	3	11.5%
2022	1	3.8%
2023	1	3.8%
2024	4	15.4%
2025partial year	4	15.4%

Which technologies does ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh patent most?

B22D - CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES 8

H05B - ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL 8

B22F - WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER ; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER 6

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 6

C23C - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL 5

C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS ; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS 4

H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS 4

B33Y - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING 3

F27D - DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE 3

F27B - FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS 3

B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING 2

G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR 2

C21D - MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING 2

C22C - ALLOYS 2

G01K - MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 26 grants

CPC subclasses 21

Avg. claims / grant 16.0

Velocity +20%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#11,530

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

40.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh ranks #11,530 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh hold?

ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh's Innovation Score?

ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh focus on?

ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh's top technology area is B22D (CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh's recent grant velocity is +20% 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 ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh's patents?

ALD Vacuum Technologies Gmbh's patents average 16.0 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 ALD Vacuum Technologies 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.

How to use this portfolio

ALD's 26 grants land it in the top 35% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - ALD ranks #11,530 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in B22D - see who else leads that technology area. B22D leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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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