Where does Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH ranks #32,225 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 Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH hold?

Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH's Innovation Score?

Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH has an Innovation Score of 26.1 out of 100 (19th 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 Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH focus on?

Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH's top technology area is B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles) with 7 patents, ranking #328 of 2,540 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH's patents?

Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH's patents average 17.6 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 Kautex Maschinenbau 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

Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 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: B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kautex ranks #32,225 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#32,225
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.1/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32225 · Foreign Corporation #32,225 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,225/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kansai Coke AND…
CPC-NARROW B29L · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kansai Coke AND Chemicals 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 Kautex’s 26.1 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 7.6 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kautex Maschinenbau · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kautex's Innovation Score is 26.1/100 (19th 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 Kautex?

Each dot is one of Kautex’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). Kautex’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kautex's grants concentrate

Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Kautex sits between Kansai Coke AND Chemicals Co., Ltd. and Kemflo International Co., Ltd..

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8
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What this shows Kautex holds 8 patents at rank #32,207, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kautex

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,207 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c)

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

Kautex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% 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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Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	37.5%
2016	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2021	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH patent most?

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 7

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 7

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 3

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH's lead technology class is B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29L
Ranked #32,225 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kautex Maschinenbau GMBH against Kansai Coke AND Chemicals Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.1/100 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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