Where does Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH ranks #8,619 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 Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH hold?

Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH's Innovation Score?

Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH has an Innovation Score of 34.2 out of 100 (47th 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 Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH focus on?

Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 25 patents, ranking #33 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH's recent grant velocity is -68% 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 Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH's patents?

Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH's patents average 10.3 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 Kaltenbach & Voigt 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

Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kaltenbach ranks #8,619 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 19 technology areas.

#8,619
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.2/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8619 · Foreign Corporation #8,619 · 37 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,619/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Inductotherm
CPC-FOCUS A61C · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Inductotherm Corp. (±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 Kaltenbach’s 34.2 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 12.6 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.4 pts (45%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amarin Pharmaceutica… · near

34
Kaltenbach & Voigt · this assignee

34
Lightlab Sweden AB · near

34
Perfectvision… · near

34
Toray Battery… · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kaltenbach's Innovation Score is 34.2/100 (47th 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 Kaltenbach?

Each dot is one of Kaltenbach’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). Kaltenbach’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 10.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kaltenbach's grants concentrate

Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 67.6% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Kaltenbach sits between Inductotherm Corp. and Krosakiharima Corporation.

Inductotherm

37
Institute of Opti…

37
Junkosha

37
Johnson Level & T…

37
KE M O House

37
KIP Prod P1

37
Klox

37
Krosakiharima

37
Kaltenbach & Voigt ◀

37

What this shows Kaltenbach holds 37 patents at rank #8,617, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kaltenbach

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,617 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kaltenbach, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61C (Dentistry), Kaltenbach ranks #33 of 546 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Toray Battery Separator Film Co., Ltd. 34 Perfectvision Manufacturing, Inc. 34 Amarin Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited 34 Lightlab Sweden AB 34

Kaltenbach's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	24.3%
2016	5	13.5%
2017	5	13.5%
2018	3	8.1%
2019	6	16.2%
2020	9	24.3%

Which technologies does Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 25

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 5

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 4

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 4

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 67.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #8,619 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kaltenbach & Voigt GMBH against Inductotherm Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.2/100 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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