Where does Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG ranks #4,177 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 Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 11.7 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 Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. 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

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General) with 27 patents. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alfred ranks #4,177 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 35 technology areas.

#4,177
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4177 · Foreign Corporation #4,177 · 85 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,177/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Accton Technology
CPC-FOCUS A47L · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Accton Technology 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alfred Kärcher & KG · this assignee

43
Autonomix Medical · near

43
Hitachi Medical · near

43
Superior Essex… · near

43
uBeam · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alfred's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 28% 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 Alfred's grants concentrate

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 31.8% of grants classified under A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (26 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Alfred sits between Telia Company AB and Avalara, Inc..

Telia AB

86
United Therapeuti…

86
Wavefront Research

86
Accton Technology

85
Archer Aviation

85
Arlanxeo Deutschl…

85
Arthrocare

85
Avalara

85
Alfred Kärcher &… ◀

85

What this shows Alfred holds 85 patents at rank #4,177, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alfred

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,177 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Hitachi Medical Corporation 43 Superior Essex International Inc. 43 uBeam Inc. 43 Autonomix Medical, Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.7 here).

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. 11.7 avg Tohoku University 11.7 avg Safran Aircraft Engines 11.7 avg Ranpak Corp. 11.7 avg

Alfred's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	22.4%
2016	17	20.0%
2017	26	30.6%
2018	22	25.9%
2019	1	1.2%

Which technologies does Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 27

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 15

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 5

E01H - Street CLEANING; Cleaning OF Permanent WAYS; Cleaning BEACHES; Dispersing ; OR PREVENTING; FOG IN General ; Cleaning Street OR Railway Furniture OR Tunnel Walls 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

B01D - Separation 3

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

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 2

A46B - Brushes 1

Top 15 of 35 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,177

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.3 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

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General), 31.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47L
Ranked #4,177 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG against Telia Company AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 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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