Where does GMG GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GMG GmbH & Co. KG ranks #40,459 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 GMG GmbH & Co. KG hold?

GMG GmbH & Co. KG holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is GMG GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

GMG GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 37.4 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does GMG GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

GMG GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 5 patents, ranking #2,173 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is GMG GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GMG GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for GMG GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

GMG GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 7.5 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 GMG GmbH & Co. KG 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

GMG GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GMG ranks #40,459 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#40,459
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.4/100): 7.5
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40459 · Foreign Corporation #40,459 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,459/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Global Media…
CPC-NARROW H04N · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Global Media Industry Group Co., Ltd. (±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 GMG’s 37.4 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 6.7 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (54%) Breadth 6.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 4.5 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GMG & KG · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GMG's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (top 44% 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 GMG?

Each dot is one of GMG’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). GMG’s own 7.5 claims/patent is at or below the 12.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where GMG's grants concentrate

GMG GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, GMG sits between Global Media Industry Group Co., Ltd. and Goertek Optical Technology Co., Ltd..

GMG's three-year grant acceleration

GMG GmbH & Co. KG shows 3 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.

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What this shows GMG holds 6 patents at rank #40,400, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GMG

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,400 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

GMG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GMG GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	33.3%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	2	33.3%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does GMG GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

Top 3 of 3 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

GMG GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GMG GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #40,459 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GMG GmbH & Co. KG against Global Media Industry Group Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.4/100 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

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.