Where does Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG ranks #29,202 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 Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 48.9 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 17.2 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 Kessler & Co. 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

Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kessler ranks #29,202 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 9 technology areas.

#29,202
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.9/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29202 · Foreign Corporation #29,202 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,202/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kammok Holdings
CPC-NARROW F16H · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kammok Holdings, LLC (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kessler & & KG · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kessler's Innovation Score is 48.9/100 (top 16% 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.

Where Kessler's grants concentrate

Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kessler sits between Kammok Holdings, LLC and Klöckner Pentaplast of America, Inc..

Kessler's three-year grant acceleration

Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG shows 4 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.

Kammok Holdings

9
Kane USA

9
Kanga

9
Karl Storz Endosc…

9
Kheiron Medical

9
Kiniksa Pharmaceu…

9
Kinshofer

9
Klöckner Pentapla…

9
Kessler & & KG ◀

9

What this shows Kessler holds 9 patents at rank #29,206, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kessler

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,206 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Kessler's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	1	11.1%
2018	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	2	22.2%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

F16H - Gearing 6

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 6

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 4

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 4

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 2

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,202

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #29,202 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG against Kammok Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.9/100 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.