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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH ranks #14,004 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 Epayments GMBH hold?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH's Innovation Score?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH has an Innovation Score of 52.3 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%).

What technology areas does GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH focus on?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH's top technology area is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers) with 16 patents, ranking #141 of 1,953 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH.

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

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH's patents average 14.8 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 Epayments 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 Epayments GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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: G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Giesecke+devrient ranks #14,004 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 13 technology areas.

#14,004
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.3/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14004 · Foreign Corporation #14,004 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,004/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gatan
CPC-FOCUS G06K · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gatan, 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+devrient’s 52.3 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 10.7 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 12.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GIESECKE+DEVRIENT… · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Giesecke+devrient's Innovation Score is 52.3/100 (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+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 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 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.

Where Giesecke+devrient's grants concentrate

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 76.2% of grants classified under G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers). By volume, Giesecke+devrient sits between Gatan, Inc. and Glykos Finland OY.

Giesecke+devrient's three-year grant acceleration

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Gatan

21
Genomictree

21
Georg-august-univ…

21
Geze

21
Giftedness AND Cr…

21
Globegou WZ

21
Glycomimetics

21
Glykos Finland OY

21
Giesecke+Devrient… ◀

21

What this shows GIESECKE+DEVRIENT holds 21 patents at rank #14,000, 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 #14,000 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06K (Graphical Data Reading)

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

Giesecke+devrient'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 · 2024–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	5	23.8%
2025partial year	16	76.2%

Which technologies does GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH patent most?

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 16

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 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

B44B - Machines, Apparatus OR Tools FOR Artistic Work, e.g. FOR Sculpturing, Guilloching, Carving, Branding, Inlaying 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

Top 13 of 13 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 Epayments GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH's lead technology class is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers), 76.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06K
Ranked #14,004 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Epayments GMBH against Gatan, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.3/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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