Where does Captron Electronic GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Captron Electronic GmbH ranks #45,456 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 Captron Electronic GmbH hold?

Captron Electronic GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Captron Electronic GmbH's Innovation Score?

Captron Electronic GmbH has an Innovation Score of 38.1 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Captron Electronic GmbH focus on?

Captron Electronic GmbH's top technology area is H03K (Pulse Technique) with 3 patents, ranking #608 of 1,682 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Captron Electronic GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Captron Electronic GmbH's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Captron Electronic GmbH's patents?

Captron Electronic GmbH's patents average 11.6 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 Captron Electronic 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

Captron Electronic GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: H03K (Pulse Technique).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Captron ranks #45,456 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#45,456
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.1/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45456 · Foreign Corporation #45,456 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,456/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CAN Mobilities
CPC-NARROW H03K · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CAN Mobilities, Inc. (±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 Captron’s 38.1 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 6.2 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (52%) Breadth 5.0 pts (13%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Captron · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Captron's Innovation Score is 38.1/100 (top 41% 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 Captron?

Each dot is one of Captron’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). Captron’s own 11.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Captron's grants concentrate

Captron Electronic GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H03K (Pulse Technique). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Captron sits between CAN Mobilities, Inc. and Cardex Systems Inc..

Captron's three-year grant acceleration

Captron Electronic GmbH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

CAN Mobilities

5
Canadian Nursery…

5
Candu Energy

5
CAP Diagnostics

5
Captureproof

5
Carbovate Develop…

5
Cardeas Pharma

5
Cardex Systems

5
Captron ◀

5

What this shows Captron holds 5 patents at rank #45,438, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Captron

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,438 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H03K (Pulse Technique)

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

Captron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Captron Electronic GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2022	2	40.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Captron Electronic GmbH patent most?

H03K - Pulse Technique 3

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

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Captron Electronic GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Captron Electronic GmbH's lead technology class is H03K (Pulse Technique), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H03K
Ranked #45,456 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Captron Electronic GmbH against CAN Mobilities, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.