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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG ranks #19,974 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 Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 9 technology areas.

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

Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (31st 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 Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General) with 10 patents, ranking #36 of 569 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 15.7 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 Kettenbach 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

Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kettenbach ranks #19,974 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 9 technology areas.

#19,974
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19974 · Foreign Corporation #19,974 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,974/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kaloud
CPC-NARROW B05C · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kaloud, Inc. (±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 Kettenbach’s 29.4 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 9.4 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kettenbach & KG · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kettenbach's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (31st 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 Kettenbach?

Each dot is one of Kettenbach’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). Kettenbach’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kettenbach's grants concentrate

Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Kettenbach sits between Kaloud, Inc. and Kitagawa Ironworks Co., Ltd..

Kaloud

14
Kanazawa Institut…

14
KAP Medical

14
Keter Home AND Ga…

14
Keuro Besitz & ED…

14
Keyang Electric M…

14
Kingston Technolo…

14
Kitagawa Ironworks

14
Kettenbach & KG ◀

14

What this shows Kettenbach holds 14 patents at rank #19,967, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kettenbach

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,967 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces)

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

Kettenbach's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	21.4%
2016	4	28.6%
2017	4	28.6%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 10

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 9

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05C
Ranked #19,974 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kettenbach GMBH & Co. KG against Kaloud, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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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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

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