Where does FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG ranks #17,671 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 FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG hold?

FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 46.8 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration) with 16 patents, ranking #63 of 892 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 18.3 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 FM Energie 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

FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 13 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: F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, FM ranks #17,671 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 13 technology areas.

#17,671
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.8/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17671 · Foreign Corporation #17,671 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,671/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eyetalk365
CPC-FOCUS F16F · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eyetalk365, 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 FM’s 46.8 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 9.8 pts (21%) Velocity 13.3 pts (28%) Breadth 12.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FM Energie & KG · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows FM's Innovation Score is 46.8/100 (top 20% 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 FM?

Each dot is one of FM’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). FM’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where FM's grants concentrate

FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, FM sits between Eyetalk365, LLC and Foxtron Vehicle Technologies Co., Ltd..

FM's three-year grant acceleration

FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Eyetalk365

16
Fineheart

16
Finesse Diamonds

16
Floodbreak L L C

16
FMC DO Brasil Ltda

16
Focal Point Posit…

16
Forcome (Zhejiang)

16
Foxtron Vehicle

16
FM Energie & KG ◀

16

What this shows FM holds 16 patents at rank #17,660, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FM

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,660 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16F (Springs)

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

FM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	12.5%
2016	1	6.3%
2017	3	18.8%
2020	3	18.8%
2023	4	25.0%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 16

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 11

F03D - Wind Motors 11

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 8

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 6

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 2

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 13 of 13 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

FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16F
Ranked #17,671 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FM Energie GMBH & Co. KG against Eyetalk365, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.8/100 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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