Where does Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE ranks #11,156 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 Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE hold?

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE's Innovation Score?

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE has an Innovation Score of 50.0 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE focus on?

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE's top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 18 patents, ranking #80 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE.

What does claim depth mean for Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE's patents?

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE's patents average 14.8 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 Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE 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

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alfmeier ranks #11,156 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 17 technology areas.

#11,156
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.0/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11156 · Foreign Corporation #11,156 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,156/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AAI
CPC-FOCUS B60N · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AAI Corporation (±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 Alfmeier’s 50.0 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 11.5 pts (23%) Velocity 15.0 pts (30%) Breadth 14.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE · this assignee

50
Foster-Miller · near

50
Imperial College OF… · near

50
Steelseries ApS · near

50
Suzhou China Star… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alfmeier's Innovation Score is 50.0/100 (top 14% 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 Alfmeier?

Each dot is one of Alfmeier’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). Alfmeier’s own 14.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Alfmeier's grants concentrate

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Alfmeier sits between uLab Systems Inc. and Arcadia Biosciences, Inc..

Alfmeier's three-year grant acceleration

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

ulab Systems

28
AAI

27
AGC Vidros DO Bra…

27
Akzo Nobel

27
Anagog

27
Angus Chemical

27
Apollo Education…

27
Arcadia Bioscienc…

27
Alfmeier PRÄZisio… ◀

27

What this shows Alfmeier holds 27 patents at rank #11,151, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alfmeier

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,151 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Alfmeier, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), Alfmeier ranks #80 of 645 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Imperial College OF Science, Technology AND Medicine 50 Foster-Miller, Inc. 50 Suzhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 50 Steelseries ApS 50

Alfmeier's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	7.4%
2021	6	22.2%
2022	3	11.1%
2023	9	33.3%
2024	6	22.2%
2025partial year	1	3.7%

Which technologies does Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 15

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

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

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 3

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE's lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #11,156 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE against uLab Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.0/100 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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