Where does IFM Electronic GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IFM Electronic GmbH ranks #6,443 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 IFM Electronic GmbH hold?

IFM Electronic GmbH holds 52 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is IFM Electronic GmbH's Innovation Score?

IFM Electronic GmbH has an Innovation Score of 44.3 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does IFM Electronic GmbH focus on?

IFM Electronic GmbH's top technology area is H03K (Pulse Technique) with 9 patents, ranking #272 of 1,682 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is IFM Electronic GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IFM Electronic GmbH's recent grant velocity is -8% 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 IFM Electronic GmbH's patents?

IFM Electronic GmbH's patents average 8.5 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 IFM Electronic 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

IFM Electronic GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 52 granted patents across 32 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: H03K (Pulse Technique).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IFM ranks #6,443 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 52 patents across 32 technology areas.

#6,443
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.3/100): 8.5
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6443 · Foreign Corporation #6,443 · 52 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 52 grants
UPPER-Q #6,443/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gaming Arts
CPC-FOCUS H03K · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gaming Arts, 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 IFM’s 44.3 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 13.7 pts (31%) Velocity 5.4 pts (12%) Breadth 20.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 5.1 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arteris · near

44
Automatic Bar Controls · near

44
CytomX Therapeutics · near

44
IFM · this assignee

44
Zodiac Aerotechnics · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IFM's Innovation Score is 44.3/100 (top 26% 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 IFM?

Each dot is one of IFM’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). IFM’s own 8.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where IFM's grants concentrate

IFM Electronic GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 17.3% of grants classified under H03K (Pulse Technique). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, IFM sits between Gaming Arts, LLC and InContact Inc..

IFM's three-year grant acceleration

IFM Electronic GmbH shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Gaming Arts

52
HRB Innovations

52
Huber+Suhner

52
I-shou University

52
Inertech IP

52
Inje University I…

52
Institut Gustave…

52
Incontact

52
IFM ◀

52

What this shows IFM holds 52 patents at rank #6,443, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IFM

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,443 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H03K (Pulse Technique)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for IFM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H03K (Pulse Technique), IFM ranks #272 of 1,682 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Automatic Bar Controls, Inc. 44 Zodiac Aerotechnics 44 CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. 44 Arteris, Inc. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.5 here).

Sumco Corporation 8.5 avg Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. 8.5 avg Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd. 8.5 avg New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. 8.5 avg

IFM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% 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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IFM Electronic GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	9.6%
2016	8	15.4%
2017	3	5.8%
2018	3	5.8%
2019	6	11.5%
2020	4	7.7%
2021	6	11.5%
2022	5	9.6%
2023	2	3.8%
2024	6	11.5%
2025partial year	4	7.7%

Which technologies does IFM Electronic GmbH patent most?

H03K - Pulse Technique 9

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 9

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 8

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

IFM Electronic GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IFM Electronic GmbH's lead technology class is H03K (Pulse Technique), 17.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H03K
Ranked #6,443 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IFM Electronic GmbH against Gaming Arts, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.3/100 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

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.