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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH ranks #2,639 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 Mobile Security GMBH hold?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH holds 147 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH's Innovation Score?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH has an Innovation Score of 50.1 out of 100 (top 14% 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 Mobile Security GMBH focus on?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 60 patents, ranking #571 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

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

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH's recent grant velocity is +28% 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 Mobile Security GMBH's patents?

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH's patents average 13.7 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.

How is the GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security 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 Mobile Security GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 147 granted patents across 36 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Giesecke+devrient ranks #2,639 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 147 patents across 36 technology areas.

#2,639
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.1/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2639 · Foreign Corporation #2,639 · 147 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 147 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,639/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aircelle
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aircelle (±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 50.1 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 17.3 pts (35%) Velocity 3.4 pts (7%) Breadth 21.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
American Honda Motor · near

50
Bourns · near

50
GIESECKE+DEVRIENT… · this assignee

50
Inovio Pharmaceuticals · near

50
Spiber · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Giesecke+devrient's Innovation Score is 50.1/100 (top 14% 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 13.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 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 Mobile Security GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 40.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (34 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2017. By volume, Giesecke+devrient sits between Aircelle and Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd..

Giesecke+devrient's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH moved from 77 to 39 grants (0.51x 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 #2,682. See the growth leaderboard.

Aircelle

147
Angiodynamics

147
Blue Yonder Group

147
Cleversafe

147
Hitachi Vantara

147
Hyundai Autron

147
Immunogen

147
Interface Technol…

147
Giesecke+Devrient… ◀

147

What this shows GIESECKE+DEVRIENT holds 147 patents at rank #2,639, 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 #2,639 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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 H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), GIESECKE+DEVRIENT ranks #571 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 50 Bourns, Inc. 50 Spiber Inc. 50 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.7 here).

Universite Grenoble Alpes 13.7 avg Cooler Master Co., Ltd. 13.7 avg Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. 13.7 avg NV Bekaert SA 13.7 avg

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

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 Mobile Security GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	6	4.1%
2018	24	16.3%
2019	34	23.1%
2020	26	17.7%
2021	17	11.6%
2022	21	14.3%
2023	10	6.8%
2024	8	5.4%
2025partial year	1	0.7%

Which technologies does GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 60

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 54

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 41

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 36

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 23

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 22

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 19

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 11

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 7

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 6

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 5

H04B - Transmission 5

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 4

Top 15 of 36 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 Mobile Security GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 40.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,639 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Mobile Security GMBH against Aircelle, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.1/100 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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