Where does Franz Kessler GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Franz Kessler GmbH ranks #28,797 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 Franz Kessler GmbH hold?

Franz Kessler GmbH holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Franz Kessler GmbH's Innovation Score?

Franz Kessler GmbH has an Innovation Score of 37.4 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Franz Kessler GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Franz Kessler GmbH's recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Franz Kessler GmbH's patents?

Franz Kessler GmbH's patents average 15.7 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 Franz Kessler 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

Franz Kessler GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Franz Kessler GmbH focus on?

Franz Kessler GmbH's top technology area is B23Q (Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result) with 9 patents, ranking #65 of 613 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: B23Q (Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Co).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Franz ranks #28,797 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 11 technology areas.

#28,797
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.4/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28797 · Foreign Corporation #28,797 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,797/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Foshan Alpicool…
CPC-FOCUS B23Q · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Foshan Alpicool Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Franz’s 37.4 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 8.0 pts (21%) Velocity 8.3 pts (22%) Breadth 11.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Franz Kessler · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Franz's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (top 44% 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 Franz?

Each dot is one of Franz’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). Franz’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 1.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Franz's grants concentrate

Franz Kessler GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B23Q (Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Co). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Franz sits between Foshan Alpicool Technology Co., Ltd. and Frequentis AG.

Franz's three-year grant acceleration

Franz Kessler GmbH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Foshan Alpicool T…

9
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9
Fotech Solutions

9
Franke Water Syst…

9
Fratelli Fantini…

9
Freenome Holdings

9
Freestyle Partners

9
Frequentis

9
Franz Kessler ◀

9

What this shows Franz holds 9 patents at rank #28,797, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Franz

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,797 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23Q (Details)

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

Franz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Franz Kessler GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	22.2%
2020	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	3	33.3%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Franz Kessler GmbH patent most?

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 9

B23B - TURNING; Boring 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

Top 11 of 11 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

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

Franz Kessler GmbH's lead technology class is B23Q (Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Co), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23Q
Ranked #28,797 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Franz Kessler GmbH against Foshan Alpicool Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.4/100 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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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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