Where does Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH ranks #14,565 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 Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH hold?

Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH's Innovation Score?

Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH's recent grant velocity is +275% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH's patents?

Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH's patents average 15.3 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.

How is the Diehl Aviation Gilching 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

Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH focus on?

Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH's top technology area is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c) with 15 patents, ranking #150 of 1,689 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Diehl ranks #14,565 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 21 technology areas.

#14,565
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: +275%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14565 · Foreign Corporation #14,565 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,565/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Danstar Ferment
CPC-FOCUS C01B · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +275% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Danstar Ferment AG (±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 Diehl’s 37.7 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 10.5 pts (28%) Velocity 1.8 pts (5%) Breadth 16.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Diehl Aviation… · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Diehl's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Diehl?

Each dot is one of Diehl’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). Diehl’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Diehl's grants concentrate

Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Diehl sits between Danstar Ferment AG and Duality Technologies, Inc..

Diehl's three-year grant acceleration

Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Danstar Ferment

20
Decoy Stake Solut…

20
Des-case

20
Diamond Tech

20
Digital Diagnosti…

20
Discovery

20
Douglas Dynamics…

20
Duality

20
Diehl Aviation Gi… ◀

20

What this shows Diehl holds 20 patents at rank #14,574, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Diehl

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,574 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01B (Non-metallic Elements)

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

Diehl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	4	20.0%
2020	11	55.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2023	2	10.0%
2024	1	5.0%
2025partial year	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH patent most?

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 8

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 6

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 1

A62C - Fire-fighting 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH's lead technology class is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01B
Ranked #14,565 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH against Danstar Ferment AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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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