Where does Innova Patent GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Innova Patent GMBH ranks #9,798 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 Innova Patent GMBH hold?

Innova Patent GMBH holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Innova Patent GMBH's Innovation Score?

Innova Patent GMBH has an Innovation Score of 41.2 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Innova Patent GMBH focus on?

Innova Patent GMBH's top technology area is B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 25 patents, ranking #5 of 107 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Innova Patent GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Innova Patent GMBH's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 Innova Patent GMBH's patents?

Innova Patent GMBH's patents average 12.8 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 Innova Patent 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

Innova Patent GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 22 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: B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Innova ranks #9,798 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 22 technology areas.

#9,798
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.2/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9798 · Foreign Corporation #9,798 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,798/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HydraPak
CPC-FOCUS B61B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HydraPak 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 Innova’s 41.2 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 12.1 pts (29%) Velocity 4.8 pts (12%) Breadth 16.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Akzo Nobel · near

41
Analytics For Life · near

41
GlobeImmune · near

41
Innova Patent · this assignee

41
Keiwa Incorporated · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Innova's Innovation Score is 41.2/100 (top 34% 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 Innova?

Each dot is one of Innova’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). Innova’s own 12.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Innova's grants concentrate

Innova Patent GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 78.1% of grants classified under B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Innova sits between HydraPak LLC and Inventure Labs LLC.

Innova's three-year grant acceleration

Innova Patent GMBH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Hydrapak

32
Hydro Aluminum Ro…

32
Imds

32
Immunocore

32
Innovative Medica…

32
Insinkerator

32
Institut Pasteur…

32
Inventure Labs

32
Innova Patent ◀

32

What this shows Innova holds 32 patents at rank #9,795, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Innova

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,795 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61B (Railway Systems)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Innova, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B61B (Railway Systems), Innova ranks #5 of 107 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

GlobeImmune, Inc. 41 Akzo Nobel N.V. 41 Keiwa Incorporated 41 Analytics For Life Inc. 41

Innova's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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Innova Patent GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	9.4%
2016	2	6.3%
2017	5	15.6%
2018	2	6.3%
2019	4	12.5%
2020	5	15.6%
2021	2	6.3%
2022	4	12.5%
2023	2	6.3%
2024	2	6.3%
2025partial year	1	3.1%

Which technologies does Innova Patent GMBH patent most?

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 25

B66B - ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways 5

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04B - Transmission 1

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 1

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 1

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Innova Patent GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Innova Patent GMBH's lead technology class is B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 78.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61B
Ranked #9,798 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Innova Patent GMBH against HydraPak LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.2/100 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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