Where does Falke KGaA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Falke KGaA ranks #46,664 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 Falke KGaA hold?

Falke KGaA holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Falke KGaA's Innovation Score?

Falke KGaA has an Innovation Score of 36.2 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Falke KGaA focus on?

Falke KGaA's top technology area is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories) with 5 patents, ranking #105 of 582 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Falke KGaA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Falke KGaA.

What does claim depth mean for Falke KGaA's patents?

Falke KGaA's patents average 32.4 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 Falke KGaA 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

Falke KGaA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Falke ranks #46,664 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#46,664
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 32.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46664 · Foreign Corporation #46,664 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,664/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Faes Farma
CPC-NARROW A41D · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 32.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Faes Farma, S.A. (±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 Falke’s 36.2 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 10.0 pts (28%) Breadth 5.0 pts (14%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Falke KGaA · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Falke's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 Falke?

Each dot is one of Falke’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). Falke’s own 32.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Falke's grants concentrate

Falke KGaA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories). By volume, Falke sits between Faes Farma, S.A. and Faner Aroma Product Co., Ltd..

Falke's three-year grant acceleration

Falke KGaA 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.

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What this shows Falke holds 5 patents at rank #46,667, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Falke

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,667 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A41D (Outerwear)

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

Falke's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Falke KGaA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Falke KGaA patent most?

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 5

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 5

Top 2 of 2 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

Falke KGaA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Falke KGaA's lead technology class is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A41D
Ranked #46,664 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Falke KGaA against Faes Farma, S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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

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.