Where does GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH ranks #2,182 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 Currency Technology GMBH hold?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH holds 180 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH's Innovation Score?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH has an Innovation Score of 57.3 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH's recent grant velocity is +49% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH's patents?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH's patents average 16.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH

Q: What technology areas does GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH focus on?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH's top technology area is G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing) with 99 patents, ranking #2 of 185 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology 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 PatentsView assignee record - 180 granted patents across 54 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Giesecke+devrient ranks #2,182 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 180 patents across 54 technology areas.

#2,182
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.3/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +49%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2182 · Foreign Corporation #2,182 · 180 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 180 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,182/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bomag
CPC-WIDE G07D · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +49% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bomag GmbH (±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+devrient’s 57.3 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 18.0 pts (31%) Velocity 4.3 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acco Brands · near

57
DarkVision · near

57
GIESECKE+DEVRIENT… · this assignee

57
Orpyx Medical · near

57
The University of… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Giesecke+devrient's Innovation Score is 57.3/100 (top 5% 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+devrient?

Each dot is one of Giesecke+devrient’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+devrient’s own 16.7 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.

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

How Giesecke+devrient's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH received 94 grants versus 63 in 2015–2019 (+49% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 38 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 9. Lead class G07D accounts for 55% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Bomag GmbH (#2,178) and Samtec, Inc. (#2,186).

Giesecke+devrient's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH moved from 67 to 43 grants (0.64x 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 #2,332. See the growth leaderboard.

Bomag

180
Dowa Materials

180
DRÄGER Safety & K…

180
Delavan

180
Maplebear

180
Nipro

180
Olympus Medical S…

180
Samtec

180
Giesecke+Devrient… ◀

180

What this shows GIESECKE+DEVRIENT holds 180 patents at rank #2,182, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GIESECKE+DEVRIENT

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,182 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in GIESECKE+DEVRIENT's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for GIESECKE+DEVRIENT, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers), GIESECKE+DEVRIENT ranks #2 of 185 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Acco Brands Corporation 57 The University of Melbourne 57 DarkVision Technologies Inc. 57 Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. 16.7 avg LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG 16.7 avg Nidec Motor Corporation 16.7 avg Statoil Petroleum AS 16.7 avg

Giesecke+devrient's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	9	5.0%
2018	38	21.1%
2019	16	8.9%
2020	27	15.0%
2021	24	13.3%
2022	14	7.8%
2023	13	7.2%
2024	16	8.9%
2025partial year	23	12.8%

Which technologies does GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH patent most?

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 99

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 93

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 21

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 21

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 18

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 16

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 16

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 12

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 9

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 8

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 7

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 7

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 6

Top 15 of 54 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 Currency Technology GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH's lead technology class is G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing), 55% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07D
Ranked #2,182 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH against Bomag GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.3/100 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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