Where does Inficon AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Inficon AG ranks #3,597 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 Inficon AG hold?

Inficon AG holds 102 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Inficon AG's Innovation Score?

Inficon AG has an Innovation Score of 47.5 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Inficon AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Inficon AG's recent grant velocity is +7% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Inficon AG's patents?

Inficon AG's patents average 13.5 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 Inficon AG 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

Inficon AG

Q: What technology areas does Inficon AG focus on?

Inficon AG's top technology area is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 48 patents, ranking #16 of 1,420 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 102 granted patents across 30 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: G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Inficon ranks #3,597 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 102 patents across 30 technology areas.

#3,597
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.5/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3597 · Foreign Corporation #3,597 · 102 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 102 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,597/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dupont Nutrition…
CPC-FOCUS G01M · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APS (±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 Inficon’s 47.5 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 16.0 pts (34%) Velocity 4.0 pts (8%) Breadth 19.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alitheon · near

47
CFS Concrete… · near

47
Daiwa CAN · near

47
Inficon · this assignee

47
Kepco Engineering &… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Inficon's Innovation Score is 47.5/100 (top 19% 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 Inficon?

Each dot is one of Inficon’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). Inficon’s own 13.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Inficon's grants concentrate

Inficon AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 47.1% of grants classified under G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (16 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2016. By volume, Inficon sits between Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APS and Mellanox Technologies TLV Ltd..

Inficon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Inficon AG moved from 40 to 24 grants (0.60x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,447. See the growth leaderboard.

Dupont Nutrition…

102
G D Societa' PER…

102
Genesis Photonics

102
H C Starck

102
Infineum Internat…

102
Kakao

102
Kymab

102
Mellanox TLV

102
Inficon ◀

102

What this shows Inficon holds 102 patents at rank #3,597, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Inficon

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,597 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR Structures)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Inficon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR Structures), Inficon ranks #16 of 1,420 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Alitheon, Inc. 47 Daiwa CAN Company 47 Kepco Engineering & Construction Company Inc. 47 CFS Concrete Forming Systems Inc. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.5 here).

Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L. 13.5 avg Emory University 13.5 avg Plastipak Packaging, Inc. 13.5 avg Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. 13.5 avg

Inficon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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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Inficon AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	5.9%
2016	4	3.9%
2017	8	7.8%
2018	11	10.8%
2019	16	15.7%
2020	10	9.8%
2021	14	13.7%
2022	5	4.9%
2023	10	9.8%
2024	9	8.8%
2025partial year	9	8.8%

Which technologies does Inficon AG patent most?

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 48

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 36

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 23

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 19

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

G16C - Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

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 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

Top 15 of 30 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

Inficon AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Inficon AG's lead technology class is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 47.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01M
Ranked #3,597 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Inficon AG against Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.5/100 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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