Where does Kelheim Fibres GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kelheim Fibres GMBH ranks #36,106 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 Kelheim Fibres GMBH hold?

Kelheim Fibres GMBH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Kelheim Fibres GMBH's Innovation Score?

Kelheim Fibres GMBH has an Innovation Score of 36.1 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kelheim Fibres GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kelheim Fibres GMBH's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Kelheim Fibres GMBH's patents?

Kelheim Fibres GMBH's patents average 16.6 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 Kelheim Fibres 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

Kelheim Fibres GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Kelheim Fibres GMBH focus on?

Kelheim Fibres GMBH's top technology area is D01F (Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments) with 7 patents, ranking #45 of 354 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: D01F (Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kelheim ranks #36,106 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 17 technology areas.

#36,106
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.1/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36106 · Foreign Corporation #36,106 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,106/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Keck Graduate…
CPC-FOCUS D01F · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Keck Graduate Institute OF Applied Life Sciences (±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 Kelheim’s 36.1 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 7.2 pts (20%) Velocity 4.4 pts (12%) Breadth 14.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kelheim Fibres · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kelheim's Innovation Score is 36.1/100 (top 47% 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 Kelheim?

Each dot is one of Kelheim’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). Kelheim’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 5.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kelheim's grants concentrate

Kelheim Fibres GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under D01F (Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Kelheim sits between Keck Graduate Institute OF Applied Life Sciences and Keya Medical Technology Co., Ltd..

Kelheim's three-year grant acceleration

Kelheim Fibres GMBH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Keck Graduate Ins…

7
Keeper Security

7
Keir Manufacturing

7
Kejser

7
Kenda Rubber IND

7
Kenzo

7
KEY DH IP /IP Str…

7
Keya Medical Tech…

7
Kelheim Fibres ◀

7

What this shows Kelheim holds 7 patents at rank #36,077, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kelheim

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,077 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D01F (Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments)

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

Kelheim's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Kelheim Fibres GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2021	2	28.6%
2022	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Kelheim Fibres GMBH patent most?

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

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 4

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 4

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 3

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 3

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

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

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 1

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 1

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 1

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 1

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Kelheim Fibres GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kelheim Fibres GMBH's lead technology class is D01F (Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D01F
Ranked #36,106 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kelheim Fibres GMBH against Keck Graduate Institute OF Applied Life Sciences, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.1/100 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

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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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