Where does Giesecke & Devrient GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Giesecke & Devrient GMBH ranks #2,396 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 Giesecke & Devrient GMBH hold?

Giesecke & Devrient GMBH holds 163 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Giesecke & Devrient GMBH's Innovation Score?

Giesecke & Devrient GMBH has an Innovation Score of 52.4 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Giesecke & Devrient GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Giesecke & Devrient GMBH's recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Giesecke & Devrient GMBH's patents?

Giesecke & Devrient GMBH's patents average 16.3 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 Giesecke & Devrient 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

Giesecke & Devrient GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Giesecke & Devrient GMBH focus on?

Giesecke & Devrient GMBH's top technology area is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus) with 40 patents, ranking #9 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 163 granted patents across 52 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Giesecke ranks #2,396 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 163 patents across 52 technology areas.

#2,396
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2396 · Foreign Corporation #2,396 · 163 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 163 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,396/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acacia Communications
CPC-WIDE B42D · 52 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acacia Communications, Inc. (±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 Giesecke’s 52.4 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 17.6 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acxiom · near

52
ECP Entwicklungsgese… · near

52
Freedom Photonics · near

52
Giesecke & Devrient · this assignee

52
Inha University… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Giesecke's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (top 10% 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 Giesecke?

Each dot is one of Giesecke’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). Giesecke’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Giesecke's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Giesecke & Devrient GMBH received 1 grants versus 162 in 2015–2019 (-99% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 70 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 1. Lead class B42D accounts for 24.5% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Acacia Communications, Inc. (#2,392) and Lanxess Deutschland GmbH (#2,400).

Acacia Communicat…

163
American Megatren…

163
Danziger “DAN” Fl…

163
Ethertronics

163
Hella Kgaa Hueck &

163
Infineon Dresden…

163
Interdesign

163
Lanxess Deutschla…

163
Giesecke & Devrie… ◀

163

What this shows Giesecke holds 163 patents at rank #2,396, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Giesecke

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,396 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B42D (Books)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Giesecke, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B42D (Books), Giesecke ranks #9 of 253 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH 52 Inha University Research AND Business Foundation 52 Acxiom LLC 52 Freedom Photonics LLC 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG 16.3 avg Carl Zeiss AG 16.3 avg Avigilon Corporation 16.3 avg American Air Liquide, Inc. 16.3 avg

Giesecke's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Giesecke & Devrient GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	70	42.9%
2016	53	32.5%
2017	38	23.3%
2019	1	0.6%
2020	1	0.6%

Which technologies does Giesecke & Devrient GMBH patent most?

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 40

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 40

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 37

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 33

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 29

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 22

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 15

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 14

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 11

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 9

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 8

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 5

Top 15 of 52 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

Giesecke & Devrient GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Giesecke & Devrient GMBH's lead technology class is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A), 24.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B42D
Ranked #2,396 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Giesecke & Devrient GMBH against Acacia Communications, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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

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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