Where does Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH ranks #31,893 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH's patents?

Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH's patents average 11.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH

Q: How many patents does Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH hold?

Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

Q: What is Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH's Innovation Score?

Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: How is the Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie 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 - 8 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Helmholtz-zentrum ranks #31,893 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 15 technology areas.

#31,893
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31893 · Foreign Corporation #31,893 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,893/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Health Beacons
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Health Beacons, 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 Helmholtz-zentrum’s 28.3 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 7.6 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (48%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Helmholtz-zentrum… · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Helmholtz-zentrum's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th percentile 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 Helmholtz-zentrum?

Each dot is one of Helmholtz-zentrum’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). Helmholtz-zentrum’s own 11.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Helmholtz-zentrum's grants concentrate

Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Helmholtz-zentrum sits between Health Beacons, Inc. and Hexis AG.

Health Beacons

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Healthstream Taiw…

8
Heart Test Labora…

8
Heartbeet

8
Hemocue AB

8
Heraeus Materials…

8
Hexagem AB

8
Hexis

8
Helmholtz-zentrum… ◀

8

What this shows Helmholtz-zentrum holds 8 patents at rank #31,875, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Helmholtz-zentrum

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,875 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Helmholtz-zentrum's primary technology class.

Helmholtz-zentrum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	1	12.5%
2018	2	25.0%
2021	2	25.0%
2025partial year	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 1

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

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 1

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 1

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

H03D - Demodulation OR Transference OF Modulation From ONE Carrier TO Another 1

G12B - Constructional Details OF Instruments, OR Comparable Details OF Other Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #31,893 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin FÜR Materialien UND Energie GMBH against Health Beacons, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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.

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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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