Where does IMS Nanofabrication GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IMS Nanofabrication GmbH ranks #12,981 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 IMS Nanofabrication GmbH hold?

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is IMS Nanofabrication GmbH's Innovation Score?

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH has an Innovation Score of 32.8 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does IMS Nanofabrication GmbH focus on?

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH's top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 22 patents, ranking #103 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is IMS Nanofabrication GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH's recent grant velocity is -56% 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 IMS Nanofabrication GmbH's patents?

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH's patents average 15.5 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 IMS Nanofabrication 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

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IMS ranks #12,981 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 6 technology areas.

#12,981
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.8/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12981 · Foreign Corporation #12,981 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,981/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hyland Software
CPC-NARROW H01J · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hyland Software, 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 IMS’s 32.8 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 11.0 pts (34%) Velocity 3.8 pts (12%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
IMS Nanofabrication · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IMS's Innovation Score is 32.8/100 (42nd 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 IMS?

Each dot is one of IMS’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). IMS’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where IMS's grants concentrate

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 95.7% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, IMS sits between Hyland Software, Inc. and ITC Inc..

IMS's three-year grant acceleration

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Hyland Software

23
Ichikawa

23
IEX Group

23
Imagekeeper

23
Inno Instrument (…

23
Innovaction

23
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23
ITC

23
IMS Nanofabricati… ◀

23

What this shows IMS holds 23 patents at rank #12,977, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IMS

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,977 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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

IMS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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IMS Nanofabrication GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	13.0%
2016	6	26.1%
2017	3	13.0%
2019	4	17.4%
2020	2	8.7%
2021	1	4.3%
2023	2	8.7%
2024	2	8.7%

Which technologies does IMS Nanofabrication GmbH patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 22

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

Top 6 of 6 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

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IMS Nanofabrication GmbH's lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 95.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #12,981 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IMS Nanofabrication GmbH against Hyland Software, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.8/100 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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