Where does Annikki GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Annikki GMBH ranks #16,589 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 Annikki GMBH hold?

Annikki GMBH holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Annikki GMBH's Innovation Score?

Annikki GMBH has an Innovation Score of 39.1 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Annikki GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Annikki GMBH's recent grant velocity is -69% 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 Annikki GMBH's patents?

Annikki GMBH's patents average 18.1 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 Annikki 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

Annikki GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Annikki GMBH focus on?

Annikki GMBH's top technology area is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture) with 10 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Annikki ranks #16,589 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 14 technology areas.

#16,589
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16589 · Foreign Corporation #16,589 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,589/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Altek Biotechnology
CPC-FOCUS C12P · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Altek Biotechnology 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
Annikki · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Annikki's Innovation Score is 39.1/100 (top 39% 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 Annikki's grants concentrate

Annikki GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 58.8% of grants classified under C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Annikki sits between Altek Biotechnology Corporation and As0001, Inc..

Annikki's three-year grant acceleration

Annikki GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Altek Biotechnolo…

17
Ambassador Asset…

17
Amorphical

17
Amrona

17
AO Technology

17
Apache

17
Armor

17
As0001

17
Annikki ◀

17

What this shows Annikki holds 17 patents at rank #16,561, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Annikki

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,561 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…)

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

Annikki's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Annikki GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.8%
2016	2	11.8%
2017	2	11.8%
2018	4	23.5%
2019	3	17.6%
2020	1	5.9%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Annikki GMBH patent most?

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 10

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 4

C07G - Compounds OF Unknown Constitution 4

C12Y - Enzymes 3

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C13K - Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources OR BY Hydrolysis OF Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides OR Polysaccharides 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

B01D - Separation 1

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#16,589

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.1 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

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

Annikki GMBH's lead technology class is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture), 58.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12P
Ranked #16,589 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Annikki GMBH against Altek Biotechnology Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.1/100 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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