Where does C. & E. Fein GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), C. & E. Fein GMBH ranks #4,753 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 C. & E. Fein GMBH hold?

C. & E. Fein GMBH holds 73 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is C. & E. Fein GMBH's Innovation Score?

C. & E. Fein GMBH has an Innovation Score of 50.4 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is C. & E. Fein GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

C. & E. Fein GMBH's recent grant velocity is -18% 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 C. & E. Fein GMBH's patents?

C. & E. Fein GMBH's patents average 16.5 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 C. & E. Fein 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

C. & E. Fein GMBH

Q: What technology areas does C. & E. Fein GMBH focus on?

C. & E. Fein GMBH's top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 31 patents, ranking #20 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 73 granted patents across 33 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, C. ranks #4,753 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 73 patents across 33 technology areas.

#4,753
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.4/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4753 · Foreign Corporation #4,753 · 73 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 73 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,753/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Actelion Pharmaceuti…
CPC-FOCUS B24B · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (±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 C.’s 50.4 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 14.9 pts (30%) Velocity 5.3 pts (11%) Breadth 20.3 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Everlast Climbing… · near

50
C & E Fein · this assignee

50
McKesson · near

50
PanPsy · near

50
Plansee SE · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows C.'s Innovation Score is 50.4/100 (top 13% 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 C.?

Each dot is one of C.’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). C.’s own 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where C.'s grants concentrate

C. & E. Fein GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 42.5% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, C. sits between Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and ClearMotion, Inc..

C.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, C. & E. Fein GMBH moved from 20 to 16 grants (0.80x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Actelion Pharmace…

73
Blancpain

73
Bitsight

73
C&D Zodiac

73
Canon Denshi

73
Causam Energy

73
Caterpillar Globa…

73
Clearmotion

73
C & E Fein ◀

73

What this shows C. holds 73 patents at rank #4,754, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near C

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,754 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for C, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B24B (Machines), C ranks #20 of 468 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

PanPsy Technologies, LLC 50 McKesson Corporation 50 Everlast Climbing Industries, Inc. 50 Plansee SE 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.5 here).

Waters Technologies Corporation 16.5 avg Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. 16.5 avg Checkpoint Systems, Inc. 16.5 avg Nuscale Power, LLC 16.5 avg

C.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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C. & E. Fein GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	16.4%
2016	8	11.0%
2017	7	9.6%
2018	8	11.0%
2019	4	5.5%
2020	9	12.3%
2021	7	9.6%
2022	8	11.0%
2023	3	4.1%
2024	5	6.8%
2025partial year	2	2.7%

Which technologies does C. & E. Fein GMBH patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 31

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 25

B23B - TURNING; Boring 24

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 23

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 18

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 17

B27B - Saws FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Components OR Accessories Therefor 17

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 12

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 9

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

F16H - Gearing 4

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 4

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

B23C - Milling 2

Top 15 of 33 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

C. & E. Fein GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

C. & E. Fein GMBH's lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 42.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #4,753 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare C. & E. Fein GMBH against Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.4/100 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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