Where does Jacob Holm & Sons AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Jacob Holm & Sons AG ranks #47,894 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 Jacob Holm & Sons AG hold?

Jacob Holm & Sons AG holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Jacob Holm & Sons AG's Innovation Score?

Jacob Holm & Sons AG has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Jacob Holm & Sons AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Jacob Holm & Sons AG's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Jacob Holm & Sons AG's patents?

Jacob Holm & Sons AG's patents average 14.6 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 Jacob Holm & Sons 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

Jacob Holm & Sons AG

Q: What technology areas does Jacob Holm & Sons AG focus on?

Jacob Holm & Sons AG's top technology area is D04H (Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation) with 5 patents, ranking #69 of 323 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: D04H (Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple FI).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Jacob ranks #47,894 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#47,894
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47894 · Foreign Corporation #47,894 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,894/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jacam Chemical 2013
CPC-NARROW D04H · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jacam Chemical Company 2013, 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 Jacob’s 36.9 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (36%) Breadth 8.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Jacob Holm & Sons · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Jacob's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Jacob?

Each dot is one of Jacob’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). Jacob’s own 14.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Jacob's grants concentrate

Jacob Holm & Sons AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under D04H (Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple FI). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Jacob sits between JWD Products, LLC and Jana Care, Inc..

Jacob's three-year grant acceleration

Jacob Holm & Sons AG 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.

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5
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Jack & Izzy

5
Jackpot Rising

5
Jacobi Motors

5
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5
Jamdeo

5
Jana Care

5
Jacob Holm & Sons ◀

5

What this shows Jacob holds 5 patents at rank #47,988, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Jacob

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,988 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D04H (Making Textile Fabrics)

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

Jacob's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Jacob Holm & Sons AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	40.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2023	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Jacob Holm & Sons AG patent most?

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

Jacob Holm & Sons AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Jacob Holm & Sons AG's lead technology class is D04H (Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple FI), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D04H
Ranked #47,894 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Jacob Holm & Sons AG against JWD Products, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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.