Where does Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG ranks #35,015 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 Metall Stiftung & Co. KG hold?

Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (21st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG focus on?

Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG's top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 4 patents, ranking #304 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG's patents?

Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG's patents average 15.7 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.

How is the Diehl Metall Stiftung & 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 Metall Stiftung & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Diehl ranks #35,015 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#35,015
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35015 · Foreign Corporation #35,015 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,015/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Diakopto
CPC-NARROW F16D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Diakopto, 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 26.6 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 7.2 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Diehl Metall… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Diehl's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (21st 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 15.7 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 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 Metall Stiftung & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Diehl sits between Diakopto, Inc. and Digital Voice Systems, Inc..

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7
Diamond Products

7
Didimo

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7
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What this shows Diehl holds 7 patents at rank #35,051, 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 #35,051 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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)

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2018	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	2	28.6%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 4

C22C - Alloys 2

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

A01L - Shoeing OF Animals 1

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

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 1

Top 8 of 8 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 Metall Stiftung & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG's lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #35,015 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG against Diakopto, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.6/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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