Where does Flender GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flender GmbH ranks #3,807 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 Flender GmbH hold?

Flender GmbH holds 95 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is Flender GmbH's Innovation Score?

Flender GmbH has an Innovation Score of 58.0 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 Flender GmbH focus on?

Flender GmbH's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 45 patents, ranking #91 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flender GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flender GmbH's recent grant velocity is +438% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Flender GmbH's patents?

Flender GmbH's patents average 13.1 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 Flender 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

Flender GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 95 granted patents across 47 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Flender ranks #3,807 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 95 patents across 47 technology areas.

#3,807
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.0/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: +438%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3807 · Foreign Corporation #3,807 · 95 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 95 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,807/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Daqri
CPC-WIDE F16H · 47 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +438% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Daqri, LLC (±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 Flender’s 58.0 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 15.8 pts (27%) Velocity 10.1 pts (17%) Breadth 24.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Datalogic IP Tech S… · near

58
Emerson Electric · near

58
Flender · this assignee

58
Shandong University… · near

58
Zeroavia · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flender's Innovation Score is 58.0/100 (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 Flender?

Each dot is one of Flender’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). Flender’s own 13.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Flender's grants concentrate

Flender GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 47.4% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (19 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2018. By volume, Flender sits between Daqri, LLC and J.S.T. Corporation.

Flender's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Flender GmbH moved from 31 to 47 grants (1.52x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Daqri

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Element Six

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95

What this shows Flender holds 95 patents at rank #3,807, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flender

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,807 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flender, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16H (Gearing), Flender ranks #91 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Shandong University OF Science AND Technology 58 Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L. 58 Emerson Electric Co. 58 Zeroavia Ltd 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.1 here).

Jungheinrich AG 13.1 avg Chervon (HK) Limited 13.1 avg Maui Imaging, Inc. 13.1 avg Valeo Schalter UND Sensoren GMBH 13.1 avg

Flender'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 · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Flender GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	5	5.3%
2019	8	8.4%
2020	11	11.6%
2021	12	12.6%
2022	17	17.9%
2023	11	11.6%
2024	19	20.0%
2025partial year	12	12.6%

Which technologies does Flender GmbH patent most?

F16H - Gearing 45

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 45

F03D - Wind Motors 36

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 25

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 25

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 14

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 13

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 7

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 7

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 4

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 3

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 3

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 3

Top 15 of 47 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

Flender GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flender GmbH's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 47.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #3,807 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flender GmbH against Daqri, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.0/100 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

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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