Where does Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG ranks #21,003 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 BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 32.4 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 Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 15.2 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.

How is the Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG 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 BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 3 patents, ranking #204 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Diehl ranks #21,003 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 16 technology areas.

#21,003
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.4/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21003 · Foreign Corporation #21,003 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,003/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Deem
CPC-FOCUS F41A · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Deem, 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 Diehl’s 32.4 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 9.1 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Diehl BGT Defence & KG · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Diehl's Innovation Score is 32.4/100 (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 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 15.2 claims/patent is at or below the 19.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Diehl's grants concentrate

Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 23.1% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2016. By volume, Diehl sits between Deem, Inc. and Diogenes Limited.

Deem

13
Delcath Systems

13
Dermira

13
Designer Direct

13
Digital Asset Cap…

13
Digital Turbine

13
Digits Financial

13
Diogenes

13
Diehl BGT Defence… ◀

13

What this shows Diehl holds 13 patents at rank #21,016, 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 #21,016 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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)

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 · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	61.5%
2016	5	38.5%

Which technologies does Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 3

F41F - Apparatus FOR Launching Projectiles OR Missiles From Barrels, e.g. Cannons ; Launchers FOR Rockets OR TORPEDOES; Harpoon Guns 2

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 2

C06C - Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions 2

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 1

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

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 1

H03B - Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits 1

Top 15 of 16 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 BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 23.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #21,003 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG against Deem, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.4/100 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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