Where does Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG ranks #3,649 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 Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG hold?

Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG holds 100 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG's Innovation Score?

Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG has an Innovation Score of 52.8 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG focus on?

Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 42 patents, ranking #431 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG's patents?

Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG's patents average 13.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG

Q: How is the Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs 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 PatentsView assignee record - 100 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Arnold ranks #3,649 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 100 patents across 27 technology areas.

#3,649
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.8/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3649 · Foreign Corporation #3,649 · 100 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 100 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,649/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ABB S P A
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ABB S.P.A. (±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 Arnold’s 52.8 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 15.9 pts (30%) Velocity 10.2 pts (19%) Breadth 18.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arnold & Richter… · this assignee

53
Current Lighting… · near

53
Draftkings · near

53
Natron Energy · near

53
Outokumpu Oyj · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Arnold's Innovation Score is 52.8/100 (top 10% 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 Arnold?

Each dot is one of Arnold’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). Arnold’s own 13.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Arnold's grants concentrate

Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 42% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Arnold sits between Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. and Chargepoint, Inc..

Arnold's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG moved from 21 to 32 grants (1.52x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #432. See the growth leaderboard.

Zhongshan Broad-o…

101
ZTE (USA)

101
Zimmer Spine

101
ABB S P A

100
Arconic

100
Biomet 3i

100
Casio Keisanki

100
Chargepoint

100
Arnold & Richter… ◀

100

What this shows Arnold holds 100 patents at rank #3,648, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Arnold

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,648 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Arnold, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Arnold ranks #431 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Current Lighting Solutions, LLC 53 Natron Energy, Inc. 53 Outokumpu Oyj 53 Draftkings, Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.8 here).

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. 13.8 avg Thomas Jefferson University 13.8 avg Inventio AG 13.8 avg KAO Germany GMBH 13.8 avg

Arnold's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	13.0%
2016	9	9.0%
2017	4	4.0%
2018	6	6.0%
2019	2	2.0%
2020	14	14.0%
2021	5	5.0%
2022	8	8.0%
2023	12	12.0%
2024	12	12.0%
2025partial year	15	15.0%

Which technologies does Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 42

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 28

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 14

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 10

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 5

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 5

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

Top 15 of 27 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

Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 42% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #3,649 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG against Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.8/100 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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