Where does Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. ranks #2,625 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 Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. hold?

Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. holds 148 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 105 technology areas.

What is Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V.'s Innovation Score?

Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. has an Innovation Score of 55.6 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V.'s recent grant velocity is -3% 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 Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V.'s patents?

Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V.'s patents average 13.7 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

Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V.

Q: What technology areas does Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. focus on?

Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V.'s top technology area is 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) with 18 patents. Grants appear in 105 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. 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 - 148 granted patents across 105 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: 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 Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Deutsches ranks #2,625 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 148 patents across 105 technology areas.

#2,625
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.6/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: -3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2625 · Foreign Corporation #2,625 · 148 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 148 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,625/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ablynx
CPC-WIDE G01S · 105 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ablynx N.V. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Deutsches Zentrum… · this assignee

56
THE Doshisha · near

56
Grammer · near

56
Huntsman International · near

56
Laboratory OF… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Deutsches's Innovation Score is 55.6/100 (top 7% 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.

How Deutsches's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. received 68 grants versus 70 in 2015–2019 (-3% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 23 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 6. Lead class G01S accounts for 12.2% of the portfolio across 105 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Ablynx N.V. (#2,621) and KnowBe4, Inc. (#2,629).

Deutsches's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. moved from 46 to 35 grants (0.76x 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 #1,958. See the growth leaderboard.

Ablynx

148
B Braun Avitum

148
Barefoot Networks

148
Casale

148
Elo Touch Solutio…

148
FIH (HONG KONG)

148
IP Holding

148
Knowbe4

148
Deutsches Zentrum… ◀

148

What this shows Deutsches holds 148 patents at rank #2,625, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Deutsches

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,625 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Deutsches, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

THE Doshisha 56 Huntsman International LLC 56 Grammer AG 56 Laboratory Corporation OF America Holdings 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.7 here).

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 13.7 avg MPI Corporation 13.7 avg West Pharma. Services IL, Ltd. 13.7 avg Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. 13.7 avg

Deutsches's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	13.5%
2016	20	13.5%
2017	11	7.4%
2018	6	4.1%
2019	13	8.8%
2020	23	15.5%
2021	10	6.8%
2022	14	9.5%
2023	9	6.1%
2024	12	8.1%
2025partial year	10	6.8%

Which technologies does Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. patent most?

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 18

H04B - Transmission 17

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 15

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 13

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 12

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 9

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 8

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 7

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 6

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 6

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 6

Top 15 of 105 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,625

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V.'s lead technology class is 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 Arra), 12.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #2,625 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V. against Ablynx N.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.6/100 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

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