Where does Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf ranks #24,196 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf'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 Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf's patents?

Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf's patents average 16.3 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

Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf

Q: How is the Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf 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 - 11 granted patents across 34 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: D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Deutsche ranks #24,196 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 34 technology areas.

#24,196
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.0/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24196 · Foreign Corporation #24,196 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,196/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Data Vault Holdings
CPC-FOCUS D06M · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Data Vault Holdings, 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 Deutsche’s 43.0 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 8.6 pts (20%) Velocity 4.0 pts (9%) Breadth 20.6 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Deutsche Institute… · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Deutsche's Innovation Score is 43.0/100 (top 29% 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 Deutsche?

Each dot is one of Deutsche’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). Deutsche’s own 16.3 claims/patent is at or below the 19.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Deutsche's grants concentrate

Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 27.3% of grants classified under D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Deutsche sits between Data Vault Holdings, Inc. and Dmar Engineering, Inc..

Deutsche's three-year grant acceleration

Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Data Vault Holdin…

11
Deepintent

11
Denneroll Holding…

11
Denso Marston

11
Dfinity Stiftung

11
Diftek Lasers

11
Dizpersion

11
Dmar Engineering

11
Deutsche Institut… ◀

11

What this shows Deutsche holds 11 patents at rank #24,185, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Deutsche

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,185 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D06M (Treatment)

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

Deutsche's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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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Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2018	1	9.1%
2019	2	18.2%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	1	9.1%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf patent most?

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 3

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 3

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 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

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

D06P - Dyeing OR Printing TEXTILES; Dyeing Leather, Furs OR Solid Macromolecular Substances IN ANY Form 2

D06Q - Decorating Textiles 2

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 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 2

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 2

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 2

D06H - Marking, Inspecting, Seaming OR Severing Textile Materials 2

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 1

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

Top 15 of 34 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

Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf's lead technology class is D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials), 27.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D06M
Ranked #24,196 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Deutsche Institute FÜR Textil-und Faserforschung Denkendorf against Data Vault Holdings, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.0/100 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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