Where does Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG ranks #48,069 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 Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 42.9 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks) with 4 patents, ranking #16 of 50 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG.

What does claim depth mean for Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 11.2 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 Kapp Niles 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

Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kapp ranks #48,069 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#48,069
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (42.9/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48069 · Foreign Corporation #48,069 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,069/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kangyue Technology
CPC-NARROW B23F · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kangyue 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.

How Kapp’s 42.9 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 (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (47%) Breadth 10.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cazena · near

43
Hospira · near

43
Kapp Niles & KG · this assignee

43
Phihong Technology · near

43
Université de Nice… · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kapp's Innovation Score is 42.9/100 (top 29% 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 Kapp?

Each dot is one of Kapp’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). Kapp’s own 11.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kapp's grants concentrate

Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Kapp sits between Kangyue Technology Co., Ltd. and Kator, LLC.

Kapp's three-year grant acceleration

Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG shows 3 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.

Kangyue Technology

5
Kankakee Spikeball

5
Kanken Techno

5
Kapik

5
Kara

5
Kari-out

5
Katlego Systems

5
Kator

5
Kapp Niles & KG ◀

5

What this shows Kapp holds 5 patents at rank #48,065, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kapp

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,065 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kapp, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks), Kapp ranks #16 of 50 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Cazena, Inc. 43 Phihong Technology Co., Ltd. 43 Hospira, Inc. 43 Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis 43

Kapp's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	2	40.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

B23F - Making Gears OR Toothed Racks 4

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 1

B24C - Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23F
Ranked #48,069 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kapp Niles GMBH & Co. KG against Kangyue Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.9/100 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.