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Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)

Q: Where does Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) ranks #4,471 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (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 - 79 granted patents across 29 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Helmholtz ranks #4,471 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 79 patents across 29 technology areas.

#4,471
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4471 · Foreign Corporation #4,471 · 79 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 79 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,471/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Grand Mate
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Grand Mate 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chunghwa Picture Tubes · near

46
Crosman · near

46
Helmholtz Zentrum… · this assignee

46
RB Distribution · near

46
Ubiquiti · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Helmholtz's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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.

Where Helmholtz's grants concentrate

Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 45.6% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Helmholtz sits between Guangdong Brunp Recycling Technology Co., Ltd. and Ixys, LLC.

Helmholtz's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) moved from 34 to 14 grants (0.41x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Guangdong Brunp R…

79
Grand Mate

79
Great Plains Manu…

79
Gula Consulting L…

79
Industry-academic…

79
InstituciÓ Catala…

79
Institut Polytech…

79
Ixys

79
Helmholtz Zentrum… ◀

79

What this shows Helmholtz holds 79 patents at rank #4,471, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Helmholtz

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,471 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Helmholtz, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Ubiquiti Inc. 46 RB Distribution, Inc. 46 Crosman Corporation 46 Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.7 here).

Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific Business Center Pte. Ltd. 15.7 avg Skybell Technologies IP, LLC 15.7 avg Shionogi & Co., Ltd. 15.7 avg Kone Corporation 15.7 avg

Helmholtz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.8%
2016	12	15.2%
2017	8	10.1%
2018	6	7.6%
2019	11	13.9%
2020	12	15.2%
2021	11	13.9%
2022	4	5.1%
2023	4	5.1%
2024	6	7.6%
2025partial year	2	2.5%

Which technologies does Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 36

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 31

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 28

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 23

C07K - Peptides 20

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 18

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 10

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 8

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 5

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

C12Y - Enzymes 3

Top 15 of 29 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,471

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 45.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #4,471 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) against Guangdong Brunp Recycling Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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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