Funke Digital TV Guide GMBH
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Funke ranks #22,614 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 4 technology areas.
- #22,614
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 13th percentile
- by Innovation Score (23.6/100)
- 12.8
- avg claims per patent
- -80%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R22614 · Foreign Corporation #22,614 · 12 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
- MID-PACK #22,614/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Fumex AB
- CPC-NARROW G06F · 4 areas
- INNOV-THIN 23.6/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-DROP -80% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Fumex AB (±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 Funke’s 23.6 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Funke
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Funke Digital TV Guide · this assignee 24
Funke Digital TV Guide · this assignee
24 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Funke's Innovation Score is 23.6/100 (13th 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 Funke?
Each dot is one of Funke’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). Funke’s own 12.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Funke's grants concentrate
Funke Digital TV Guide GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Funke sits between Fumex AB and Fuvi Cognitive Network Corp..
Who files at Funke's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Fumex AB
Fumex AB
12 patents
- Fumoto Giken
Fumoto Giken Co., Ltd.
12 patents
- FundaciÓ Eurecat
FUNDACIÓ Eurecat
12 patents
- FundaÇÃO Oswaldo…
FUNDAÇÃO Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
12 patents
- Furui Precise Com…
Furui Precise Component (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd.
12 patents
- Futamura Kagaku
Futamura Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
12 patents
- Futu Network Tech…
Futu Network Technology (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd.
12 patents
- Fuvi Cognitive Ne…
Fuvi Cognitive Network Corp.
12 patents
- Funke Digital TV… ◀
Funke Digital TV Guide GMBH
12 patents
What this shows Funke holds 12 patents at rank #22,591, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Funke
By rank, the assignees closest to #22,591 in granted patent volume.
- Fumex AB #22,587 · 12 patents
- Fumoto Giken Co., Ltd. #22,588 · 12 patents
- FUNDACIÓ Eurecat #22,589 · 12 patents
- FUNDAÇÃO Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) #22,590 · 12 patents
- Furui Precise Component (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. #22,592 · 12 patents
- Futamura Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha #22,593 · 12 patents
- Futu Network Technology (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd. #22,594 · 12 patents
- Fuvi Cognitive Network Corp. #22,595 · 12 patents
Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Funke's primary technology class.
- International Business Machines Corporation 42,717 in class
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 21,497 in class
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16,951 in class
- Google LLC 13,092 in class
- Intel Corporation 12,803 in class
- Apple Inc. 11,007 in class
- Amazon Technologies, Inc. 10,217 in class
- Dell Products L.P. 7,187 in class
Funke's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2017 | 3 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 3 | 25.0% |
| 2019 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2020 | 2 | 16.7% |
Which technologies does Funke Digital TV Guide GMBH patent most?
Top 4 of 4 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Funke Digital TV Guide GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Funke Digital TV Guide GMBH's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
- Ranked #22,614 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Funke Digital TV Guide GMBH against Fumex AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 23.6/100 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.
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.