Where does Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau ranks #22,460 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 Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau hold?

Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau's Innovation Score?

Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau's patents?

Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau's patents average 16.2 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

Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau

Q: What technology areas does Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau focus on?

Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau's top technology area is 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) with 7 patents, ranking #833 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau 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 - 12 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dieffenbacher ranks #22,460 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 15 technology areas.

#22,460
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22460 · Foreign Corporation #22,460 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,460/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Deployable Space…
CPC-FOCUS B29C · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Deployable Space Systems, 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 Dieffenbacher’s 32.3 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 (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Dieffenbacher… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Dieffenbacher's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st percentile 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 Dieffenbacher?

Each dot is one of Dieffenbacher’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). Dieffenbacher’s own 16.2 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Dieffenbacher's grants concentrate

Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Dieffenbacher sits between Deployable Space Systems, Inc. and Discovery.com, LLC.

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What this shows Dieffenbacher holds 12 patents at rank #22,476, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dieffenbacher

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,476 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Dieffenbacher's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	41.7%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	3	25.0%
2018	1	8.3%
2021	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau patent most?

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 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

B27N - Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B30B - Presses IN General 2

B27M - Working OF Wood NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B27b - B27L; Manufacture OF Specific Wooden Articles 1

F23H - Grates ; Cleaning OR Raking Grates 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau's lead technology class is 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), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #22,460 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dieffenbacher GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau against Deployable Space Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.3/100 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.

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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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