Is Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.'s recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.

Q: Where does Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. ranks #137 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung 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 PatentsView assignee record - 2,763 granted patents across 338 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: G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fraunhofer-gesellschaft ranks #137 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,763 patents across 338 technology areas.

#137
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.0/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R137 · Foreign Corporation #137 · 2,763 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 2.8K grants
TOP-DECILE #137/49,997
NEAR-PEER Rohm
CPC-BROAD G10L · 338 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rohm Co., Ltd. (±10 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 71.0 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 27.4 pts (39%) Velocity 7.6 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Stmicroelectronics… · near

71
Fraunhofer-Gesellsch… · this assignee

71
Analog Devices… · near

71
Dish Network L L C · near

71
Covidien · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fraunhofer-gesellschaft's Innovation Score is 71.0/100 (top 1% 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 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 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.

How Fraunhofer-gesellschaft's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. received 1,445 grants versus 1,087 in 2015–2019 (+33% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 356 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 194. Lead class G10L accounts for 27.5% of the portfolio across 338 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (#133) and NXP USA, Inc. (#141).

Fraunhofer-gesellschaft's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. moved from 811 to 930 grants (1.15x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #871. See the growth leaderboard.

Sony Semiconducto…

2,791
NXP B V

2,783
Salesforce com

2,773
Wells Fargo Bank…

2,773
Fraunhofer-gesell… ◀

2,763
Rohm

2,753
Audi

2,738
CNH Industrial Am…

2,690
NXP USA

2,671

What this shows Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft holds 2,763 patents at rank #137, 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 #137 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech Synthesis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech Synthesis), Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ranks #5 of 1,620 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company 71 Stmicroelectronics (GRAND OUEST) SAS 71 Dish Network L.L.C. 71 Covidien LP 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc. 18.2 avg Encore Wire Corporation 18.2 avg WIN Semiconductors Corp. 18.2 avg MobiTV, Inc. 18.2 avg

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

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

71 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

View data table

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	194	7.0%
2016	196	7.1%
2017	202	7.3%
2018	199	7.2%
2019	296	10.7%
2020	267	9.7%
2021	248	9.0%
2022	301	10.9%
2023	273	9.9%
2024	356	12.9%
2025partial year	231	8.4%

Which technologies does Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. patent most?

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 760

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 389

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 278

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 257

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 199

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 184

H04B - Transmission 181

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 164

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 116

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 108

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 108

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 99

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 94

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 77

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 71

Top 15 of 338 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.'s lead technology class is G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding), 27.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G10L
Ranked #137 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. against Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.0/100 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

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.