Where does Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH ranks #40,687 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 Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH hold?

Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH's Innovation Score?

Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH has an Innovation Score of 38.2 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH's patents?

Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH's patents average 14.7 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 Heraeus Battery Technology 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

Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH focus on?

Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH's top technology area is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c) with 5 patents, ranking #476 of 1,689 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heraeus ranks #40,687 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#40,687
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.2/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40687 · Foreign Corporation #40,687 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,687/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hemlock Semiconductor
CPC-NARROW C01B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation (±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 Heraeus’s 38.2 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 13.3 pts (35%) Breadth 9.4 pts (25%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Heraeus Battery… · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Heraeus's Innovation Score is 38.2/100 (top 41% 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 Heraeus?

Each dot is one of Heraeus’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). Heraeus’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Heraeus's grants concentrate

Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Heraeus sits between Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation and Highlight Tech Corp..

Heraeus's three-year grant acceleration

Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH shows 2 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.

Hemlock Semicondu…

6
Hemotek

6
Henan Genuine Bio…

6
Henan University…

6
Herostone Quartz…

6
Herplant Bvba

6
High Tech Battery

6
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6
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6

What this shows Heraeus holds 6 patents at rank #40,629, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heraeus

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,629 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01B (Non-metallic Elements)

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

Heraeus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	16.7%
2023	2	33.3%
2025partial year	3	50.0%

Which technologies does Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH patent most?

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 5

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 5

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 5

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

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH's lead technology class is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01B
Ranked #40,687 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heraeus Battery Technology GMBH against Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.2/100 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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