Where does Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH ranks #13,400 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 Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH hold?

Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH's Innovation Score?

Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH has an Innovation Score of 46.0 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH'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 Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH's patents?

Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH's patents average 20.6 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 Elkamet Kunststofftechnik 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

Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH focus on?

Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH's top technology area is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles) with 11 patents, ranking #70 of 418 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 25 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: B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Elkamet ranks #13,400 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 25 technology areas.

#13,400
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.0/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: +63%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13400 · Foreign Corporation #13,400 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,400/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Douglas Machine
CPC-FOCUS B60J · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +63% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Douglas Machine 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 Elkamet’s 46.0 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 10.8 pts (23%) Velocity 5.2 pts (11%) Breadth 17.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elkamet Kunststoffte… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Elkamet's Innovation Score is 46.0/100 (top 22% 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 Elkamet?

Each dot is one of Elkamet’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). Elkamet’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Elkamet's grants concentrate

Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Elkamet sits between Douglas Machine Inc. and Enzychem Lifesciences Corporation.

Elkamet's three-year grant acceleration

Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Douglas Machine

22
Duplicent

22
Dwyer Instruments

22
Eliiy Power

22
Emerson Paradigm…

22
Emtensor

22
Enterpriseweb

22
Enzychem Lifescie…

22
Elkamet Kunststof… ◀

22

What this shows Elkamet holds 22 patents at rank #13,395, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Elkamet

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,395 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60J (Windows)

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

Elkamet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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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Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	13.6%
2016	1	4.5%
2018	1	4.5%
2019	3	13.6%
2020	4	18.2%
2021	2	9.1%
2022	2	9.1%
2023	3	13.6%
2024	2	9.1%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH patent most?

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 11

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 2

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH's lead technology class is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60J
Ranked #13,400 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GMBH against Douglas Machine Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.0/100 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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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

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