Where does Kistler Holding AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kistler Holding AG ranks #3,973 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 Kistler Holding AG hold?

Kistler Holding AG holds 91 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Kistler Holding AG's Innovation Score?

Kistler Holding AG has an Innovation Score of 53.6 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kistler Holding AG focus on?

Kistler Holding AG's top technology area is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure) with 47 patents, ranking #12 of 1,293 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kistler Holding AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kistler Holding AG's recent grant velocity is +21% 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 Kistler Holding AG's patents?

Kistler Holding AG's patents average 13.8 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 Kistler Holding AG 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

Kistler Holding AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 91 granted patents across 52 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kistler ranks #3,973 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 91 patents across 52 technology areas.

#3,973
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.6/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3973 · Foreign Corporation #3,973 · 91 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 91 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,973/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Iqvia
CPC-WIDE G01L · 52 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Iqvia 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 Kistler’s 53.6 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 15.6 pts (29%) Velocity 4.7 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Florida A&M University · near

54
AB Sandvik Coromant · near

54
Electro-Motive Diesel · near

54
Kistler Holding · this assignee

54
Mitek Holdings · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kistler's Innovation Score is 53.6/100 (top 9% 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 Kistler?

Each dot is one of Kistler’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). Kistler’s own 13.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Kistler's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Kistler Holding AG received 46 grants versus 38 in 2015–2019 (+21% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 14 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 3. Lead class G01L accounts for 51.6% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Iqvia Inc. (#3,970) and North China Electrical Power University (#3,978).

Kistler's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kistler Holding AG moved from 34 to 24 grants (0.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Iqvia

91
JGC Catalysts and…

91
Joyetech Europe H…

91
Kofax

91
L&F Plastics

91
Ludwig Institute…

91
NIO Nextev

91
North China Elect…

91
Kistler Holding ◀

91

What this shows Kistler holds 91 patents at rank #3,974, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kistler

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,974 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01L (Measuring Force)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kistler, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01L (Measuring Force), Kistler ranks #12 of 1,293 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. 54 Mitek Holdings, Inc. 54 AB Sandvik Coromant 54 Florida A&M University 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.8 here).

Performance Designed Products LLC 13.8 avg Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited 13.8 avg Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd. 13.8 avg AMS Research Corporation 13.8 avg

Kistler's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kistler Holding AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.3%
2016	10	11.0%
2017	6	6.6%
2018	7	7.7%
2019	12	13.2%
2020	14	15.4%
2021	8	8.8%
2022	4	4.4%
2023	10	11.0%
2024	10	11.0%
2025partial year	7	7.7%

Which technologies does Kistler Holding AG patent most?

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 47

G01G - Weighing 18

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 13

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

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 4

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

B23B - TURNING; Boring 2

Top 15 of 52 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

Kistler Holding AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kistler Holding AG's lead technology class is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure), 51.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01L
Ranked #3,973 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kistler Holding AG against Iqvia Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.6/100 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

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