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DR. Johannes Heidenhain GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 183 granted patents across 54 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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 OT).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dr. ranks #2,153 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 183 patents across 54 technology areas.

#2,153
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.9/100)
15.0
avg claims per patent
-44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2153 · Foreign Corporation #2,153 · 183 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MID 183 grants
  • TOP-DECILE #2,153/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Avalanche Technology
  • CPC-WIDE G01D · 54 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 57.9/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DROP -44% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Avalanche Technology, 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.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Dr.

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Dr.'s Innovation Score is 57.9/100 (top 5% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

How Dr.'s grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, DR. Johannes Heidenhain GMBH received 64 grants versus 114 in 2015–2019 (-44% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 29 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 10. Lead class G01D accounts for 69.9% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Solaero Technologies Corp. (#2,148) and Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. (#2,156).

Dr.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, DR. Johannes Heidenhain GMBH moved from 42 to 37 grants (0.88x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,546. See the growth leaderboard.

Who files at DR's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows DR. holds 183 patents at rank #2,152, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near DR

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,152 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific Variable)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DR, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

American Sterilizer Company 58 Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited 58 Dignity Health 58 Kemet Electronics Corporation 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.0 here).

Acco Brands Corporation 15.0 avg Patent Investment & Licensing Company 15.0 avg Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. 15.0 avg Telecommunication Systems, Inc. 15.0 avg

Dr.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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. Johannes Heidenhain GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 29 15.8%
2016 22 12.0%
2017 28 15.3%
2018 20 10.9%
2019 15 8.2%
2020 14 7.7%
2021 13 7.1%
2022 12 6.6%
2023 15 8.2%
2024 10 5.5%
2025partial year 5 2.7%

Which technologies does DR. Johannes Heidenhain GMBH patent most?

Top 15 of 54 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,153

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

DR. Johannes Heidenhain GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • DR. Johannes Heidenhain GMBH's lead technology class is 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 OT), 69.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01D
  • Ranked #2,153 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare DR. Johannes Heidenhain GMBH against Solaero Technologies Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 57.9/100 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

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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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.