Where does Eckold GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Eckold GmbH & Co. KG ranks #39,948 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 Eckold GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Eckold GmbH & Co. KG holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Eckold GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Eckold GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 33.6 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Eckold GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Eckold GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Eckold GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Eckold GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 15.0 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 Eckold 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

Eckold GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Eckold GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Eckold GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal) with 5 patents, ranking #147 of 818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Eckold ranks #39,948 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#39,948
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.6/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39948 · Foreign Corporation #39,948 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,948/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Earth
CPC-NARROW B21D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Earth Corporation (±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 Eckold’s 33.6 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 6.7 pts (20%) Velocity 10.0 pts (30%) Breadth 7.9 pts (24%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eckold & KG · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Eckold's Innovation Score is 33.6/100 (45th 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 Eckold?

Each dot is one of Eckold’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). Eckold’s own 15.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Eckold's grants concentrate

Eckold GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Eckold sits between Earth Corporation and Eden Innovations Ltd..

Eckold's three-year grant acceleration

Eckold GmbH & Co. KG shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Earth

6
Earth Renaissance

6
Earthwell

6
Echo Box Audio

6
Ecopower Spark

6
Ecotensil

6
Ed Wusthof Dreiza…

6
Eden Innovations

6
Eckold & KG ◀

6

What this shows Eckold holds 6 patents at rank #40,035, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Eckold

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,035 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes)

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

Eckold's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Eckold GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2021	2	33.3%
2022	2	33.3%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Eckold GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 5

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Eckold GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21D
Ranked #39,948 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Eckold GmbH & Co. KG against Earth Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.6/100 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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