Where does Dr. Hielscher Gmbh rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dr. Hielscher Gmbh ranks #24,222 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Dr. Hielscher Gmbh hold?

Dr. Hielscher Gmbh holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Dr. Hielscher Gmbh's Innovation Score?

Dr. Hielscher Gmbh has an Innovation Score of 28.9 out of 100 (top 71% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Dr. Hielscher Gmbh's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dr. Hielscher Gmbh's recent grant velocity is -78% 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 Dr. Hielscher Gmbh's patents?

Dr. Hielscher Gmbh's patents average 13.4 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 Dr. Hielscher 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

Dr. Hielscher Gmbh

Q: What technology areas does Dr. Hielscher Gmbh focus on?

Dr. Hielscher Gmbh's top technology area is B06B (METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, ; e.g.; FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 12 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: B06B (METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, ; e.g.; FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dr. ranks #24,222 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 12 technology areas.

#24,222
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 71%
by Innovation Score (28.9/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24222 · Foreign Corporation #24,222 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,222/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Dolphin N2
CPC-FOCUS B06B · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dolphin N2 Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dr Hielscher · this assignee

29
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Dr.'s Innovation Score is 28.9/100 (top 71% 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.

Where Dr.'s grants concentrate

Dr. Hielscher Gmbh is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under B06B (METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, ; e.g.; FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Dr. sits between Dolphin N2 Limited and Dutton-lainson Company.

Dolphin N2

11
Domaille Engineer…

11
Dongguan Mimao Te…

11
Doubleme

11
Drift com

11
Drinksavvy

11
Droneup

11
Dutton-lainson

11
Dr Hielscher ◀

11

What this shows Dr. holds 11 patents at rank #24,221, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dr

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,221 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B06B (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mecha…)

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

Dr.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 Top 71% higher than 29% of 50,000 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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Dr. Hielscher Gmbh patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	27.3%
2016	2	18.2%
2017	3	27.3%
2019	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Dr. Hielscher Gmbh patent most?

B06B - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, ; e.g.; FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL 5

H10N - ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 4

B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS 3

Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS 1

B25B - TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING 1

G10K - SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

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 1

H04B - TRANSMISSION 1

H02N - ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

B01F - MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING 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

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#24,222

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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