Where does Goldhofer AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Goldhofer AG ranks #21,189 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 Goldhofer AG hold?

Goldhofer AG holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Goldhofer AG's Innovation Score?

Goldhofer AG has an Innovation Score of 50.7 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Goldhofer AG focus on?

Goldhofer AG's top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 6 patents, ranking #344 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Goldhofer AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Goldhofer AG's recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Goldhofer AG's patents?

Goldhofer AG's patents average 13.9 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 Goldhofer AG 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

Goldhofer AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Goldhofer ranks #21,189 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 14 technology areas.

#21,189
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.7/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21189 · Foreign Corporation #21,189 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,189/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gensquare
CPC-FOCUS B62D · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gensquare LLC (±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 Goldhofer’s 50.7 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 9.1 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 13.2 pts (26%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Goldhofer · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Goldhofer's Innovation Score is 50.7/100 (top 13% 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 Goldhofer?

Each dot is one of Goldhofer’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). Goldhofer’s own 13.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Goldhofer's grants concentrate

Goldhofer AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Goldhofer sits between Gensquare LLC and GSI Outdoors, Inc..

Goldhofer's three-year grant acceleration

Goldhofer AG shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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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GLW

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Greater Shine

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Green KEY

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Growlerwerks

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GSI Outdoors

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What this shows Goldhofer holds 13 patents at rank #21,173, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Goldhofer

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,173 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

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

Goldhofer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Goldhofer AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.7%
2017	3	23.1%
2018	3	23.1%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	4	30.8%
2024	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Goldhofer AG patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 6

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 3

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 3

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 3

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 3

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 2

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

B60D - Vehicle Connections 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Goldhofer AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Goldhofer AG's lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 46.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #21,189 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Goldhofer AG against Gensquare LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.7/100 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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