Where does ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG ranks #1,831 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 ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG hold?

ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG holds 221 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 65 technology areas.

What is ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 58.1 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps) with 80 patents, ranking #29 of 1,034 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 65 CPC subclasses total.

Is ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +63% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 10.2 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 ebm-papst Mulfingen 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

ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 221 granted patents across 65 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: F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ebm-papst ranks #1,831 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 221 patents across 65 technology areas.

#1,831
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.1/100): 10.2
avg claims per patent: +63%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1831 · Foreign Corporation #1,831 · 221 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 221 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,831/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Royal Bank of Canada
CPC-WIDE F04D · 65 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +63% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Royal Bank of Canada (±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 ebm-papst’s 58.1 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 18.7 pts (32%) Velocity 8.3 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ebm-papst Mulfingen… · this assignee

58
Endress+Hauser… · near

58
Katmai Tech · near

58
Korea Hydro &… · near

58
Koenig & Bauer · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ebm-papst's Innovation Score is 58.1/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for ebm-papst?

Each dot is one of ebm-papst’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). ebm-papst’s own 10.2 claims/patent is at or below the 12.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How ebm-papst's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG received 132 grants versus 81 in 2015–2019 (+63% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 35 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 13. Lead class F04D accounts for 36.2% of the portfolio across 65 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Royal Bank of Canada (#1,831) and Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V. (#1,839).

ebm-papst's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG moved from 65 to 81 grants (1.25x 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 #712. See the growth leaderboard.

Royal Bank of Can…

221
Universite Claude…

221
Uipath

221
WHG Properties

221
ebm-papst Mulfing… ◀

221
Hosiden

220
Nidek

220
UBE Industries

220
Electrolux Home P…

219

What this shows ebm-papst holds 221 patents at rank #1,835, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ebm-papst

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,835 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in ebm-papst's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ebm-papst, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), ebm-papst ranks #29 of 1,034 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG 58 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. 58 Katmai Tech Inc. 58 Koenig & Bauer AG 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.2 here).

Dowa Metaltech Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg Amogreentech Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg Building Materials Investment Corporation 10.2 avg Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Korea Ltd. 10.2 avg

ebm-papst'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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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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ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	5.9%
2016	16	7.2%
2017	17	7.7%
2018	21	9.5%
2019	14	6.3%
2020	33	14.9%
2021	18	8.1%
2022	35	15.8%
2023	26	11.8%
2024	20	9.0%
2025partial year	8	3.6%

Which technologies does ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 80

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 57

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 33

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 27

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 14

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 12

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 11

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 10

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 10

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

Top 15 of 65 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

ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), 36.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04D
Ranked #1,831 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG against Royal Bank of Canada, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.1/100 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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