Where does Diehl Metering Systems GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Diehl Metering Systems GmbH ranks #8,368 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 Metering Systems GmbH hold?

Diehl Metering Systems GmbH holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Diehl Metering Systems GmbH's Innovation Score?

Diehl Metering Systems GmbH has an Innovation Score of 47.5 out of 100 (top 18% 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 Metering Systems GmbH focus on?

Diehl Metering Systems GmbH's top technology area is H04Q (Selecting) with 25 patents, ranking #36 of 915 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Diehl Metering Systems GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Diehl Metering Systems GmbH's recent grant velocity is +1033% 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 Metering Systems GmbH's patents?

Diehl Metering Systems GmbH's patents average 20.7 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 Metering Systems 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 Metering Systems GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H04Q (Selecting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Diehl ranks #8,368 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 20 technology areas.

#8,368
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.5/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: +1033%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8368 · Foreign Corporation #8,368 · 38 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,368/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Datacolor
CPC-FOCUS H04Q · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1033% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Datacolor, 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 47.5 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 12.7 pts (27%) Velocity 6.7 pts (14%) Breadth 15.8 pts (33%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Core Scientific · near

48
Diehl Metering Systems · this assignee

48
Forcepoint · near

48
Weir Minerals… · near

48
JBF Interlude 2009 · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Diehl's Innovation Score is 47.5/100 (top 18% 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 20.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 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 Metering Systems GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 65.8% of grants classified under H04Q (Selecting). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Diehl sits between Datacolor, Inc. and Endra Life Sciences Inc..

Diehl's three-year grant acceleration

Diehl Metering Systems GmbH shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Datacolor

38
Defond Componets

38
Designetics

38
Dewertokin

38
Duke Manufacturing

38
Dunan Microstaq

38
EBI

38
Endra Life Scienc…

38
Diehl Metering Sy… ◀

38

What this shows Diehl holds 38 patents at rank #8,370, 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 #8,370 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04Q (Selecting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Diehl, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04Q (Selecting), Diehl ranks #36 of 915 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Weir Minerals Australia Ltd. 48 Forcepoint LLC 48 Core Scientific, Inc. 48 JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd 48

Diehl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Diehl Metering Systems GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	2.6%
2019	2	5.3%
2020	6	15.8%
2021	10	26.3%
2022	10	26.3%
2023	3	7.9%
2024	5	13.2%
2025partial year	1	2.6%

Which technologies does Diehl Metering Systems GmbH patent most?

H04Q - Selecting 25

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 24

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 23

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 21

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 15

H04B - Transmission 11

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 5

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 5

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 4

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 4

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 2

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

Top 15 of 20 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 Metering Systems GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Diehl Metering Systems GmbH's lead technology class is H04Q (Selecting), 65.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04Q
Ranked #8,368 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Diehl Metering Systems GmbH against Datacolor, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.5/100 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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