Where does Citex Holding GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Citex Holding GmbH ranks #22,384 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 Citex Holding GmbH hold?

Citex Holding GmbH holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Citex Holding GmbH's Innovation Score?

Citex Holding GmbH has an Innovation Score of 49.6 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Citex Holding GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Citex Holding GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for Citex Holding GmbH's patents?

Citex Holding GmbH's patents average 18.9 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 Citex Holding 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

Citex Holding GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Citex Holding GmbH focus on?

Citex Holding GmbH's top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 8 patents, ranking #191 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Citex ranks #22,384 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 7 technology areas.

#22,384
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.6/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22384 · Foreign Corporation #22,384 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,384/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chongqing Haier…
CPC-NARROW G01B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chongqing Haier Drum Washing Machine Co., 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 Citex’s 49.6 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 8.9 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 9.4 pts (19%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Citex Holding · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Citex's Innovation Score is 49.6/100 (top 14% 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 Citex?

Each dot is one of Citex’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). Citex’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Citex's grants concentrate

Citex Holding GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Citex sits between Chongqing Haier Drum Washing Machine Co., Ltd. and CLEARink Displays, Inc..

Citex's three-year grant acceleration

Citex Holding GmbH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Chongqing Haier D…

12
Chuan Jiing Enter…

12
Chukyo Medical

12
Chuzhou HKC Optoe…

12
CJ E&M

12
Clara Foods

12
Clariance

12
Clearink Displays

12
Citex Holding ◀

12

What this shows Citex holds 12 patents at rank #22,354, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Citex

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,354 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Citex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Citex Holding GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	1	8.3%
2024	3	25.0%
2025partial year	8	66.7%

Which technologies does Citex Holding GmbH patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

G01G - Weighing 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Citex Holding GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Citex Holding GmbH's lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #22,384 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Citex Holding GmbH against Chongqing Haier Drum Washing Machine Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.6/100 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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