Where does Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG ranks #29,172 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 Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 24.6 out of 100 (15th 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 Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 13.2 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 Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG 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

Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Josef ranks #29,172 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 6 technology areas.

#29,172
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.6/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29172 · Foreign Corporation #29,172 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,172/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jilin Zhong Ying…
CPC-NARROW C07C · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jilin Zhong Ying High Technology Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Josef Meissner & KG · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Josef's Innovation Score is 24.6/100 (15th 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.

Where Josef's grants concentrate

Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Josef sits between Jilin Zhong Ying High Technology Co., Ltd. and Jungwoo Metal IND. Co., Ltd..

Jilin Zhong Ying…

9
JN Plant Selectio…

9
JO Cosmetics

9
Johnson Controls…

9
Joule Case

9
JSR Micro

9
Juhaokan Technolo…

9
Jungwoo Metal IND

9
Josef Meissner &… ◀

9

What this shows Josef holds 9 patents at rank #29,137, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Josef

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,137 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds)

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

Josef's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	3	33.3%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	2	22.2%
2021	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 9

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 7

B01D - Separation 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,172

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

24.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07C
Ranked #29,172 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Josef Meissner GMBH & Co. KG against Jilin Zhong Ying High Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.6/100 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

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