Where does Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. ranks #46,869 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 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. hold?

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.'s Innovation Score?

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. has an Innovation Score of 30.9 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.'s recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.'s patents?

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.'s patents average 24.6 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 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. 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

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.

Q: What technology areas does Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. focus on?

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 2 patents, ranking #3,547 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fraunhofer-gesellschaft ranks #46,869 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#46,869
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 24.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46869 · Foreign Corporation #46,869 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,869/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Foshan Zhengbu…
CPC-NARROW Y02E · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Foshan Zhengbu 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 Fraunhofer-gesellschaft’s 30.9 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 (20%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 14.8 pts (48%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fraunhofer-Gesellsch… · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fraunhofer-gesellschaft's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (36th percentile 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 Fraunhofer-gesellschaft?

Each dot is one of Fraunhofer-gesellschaft’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). Fraunhofer-gesellschaft’s own 24.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fraunhofer-gesellschaft's grants concentrate

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). By volume, Fraunhofer-gesellschaft sits between Foshan Zhengbu Technology Co., Ltd. and Freelander Innovations USA, LLC.

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What this shows Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft holds 5 patents at rank #46,921, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,921 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's primary technology class.

Fraunhofer-gesellschaft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% 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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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	60.0%
2025partial year	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #46,869 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. against Foshan Zhengbu Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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

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