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Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kendrion ranks #10,369 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 19 technology areas.

#10,369
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.1/100)
13.9
avg claims per patent
+55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10369 · Foreign Corporation #10,369 · 30 grants

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

  • GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
  • UPPER-Q #10,369/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jabil Optics Germany
  • CPC-FOCUS F16K · 19 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-SURGE +55% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jabil Optics Germany GmbH (±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 Kendrion’s 41.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Kendrion

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Kendrion's Innovation Score is 41.1/100 (top 34% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Kendrion?

Each dot is one of Kendrion’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). Kendrion’s own 13.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Kendrion vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 29.93030.1 510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Jetoptera, Inc. - 30, 11JetopteraJabil Optics Germany GmbH - 30, 11.87Jabil Optics Germ…John Nicholas and Kristin Gross Trust - 30, 20.1John Nicholas and…KCI USA, Inc. - 30, 17.3KCI USAKNIPEX-Werk C. Gustav Putsch KG - 30, 5.97Knipex-werk C Gus…Knu-industry Cooperation Foundation - 30, 9.9Knu-industry Coop…Kount Inc. - 30, 20.1KountKuka Systems GmbH - 30, 20.17Kuka SystemsKendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH - 30, 13.93Kendrion (Villing…
Kendrion vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Kendrion's grants concentrate

Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 46.7% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Kendrion sits between Jetoptera, Inc. and Kuka Systems GmbH.

Kendrion's three-year grant acceleration

Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Who files at Kendrion's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Kendrion holds 30 patents at rank #10,367, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Kendrion

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,367 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kendrion, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16K (Valves), Kendrion ranks #143 of 1,836 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Sandisk IL Ltd. 41 Pixium Vision SA 41 Climate Master, Inc. 41 Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV) 41

Kendrion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 3 10.0%
2017 4 13.3%
2018 1 3.3%
2019 3 10.0%
2020 5 16.7%
2021 3 10.0%
2022 2 6.7%
2023 4 13.3%
2024 3 10.0%
2025partial year 2 6.7%

Which technologies does Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH patent most?

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 46.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
  • Ranked #10,369 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH against Jetoptera, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 41.1/100 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

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.