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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG ranks #48,164 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 Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

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

Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 22.7 out of 100 (11th 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 Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps) with 3 patents, ranking #398 of 1,034 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 10.6 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 Klaus Union 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 Government

Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Klaus ranks #48,164 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#48,164
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.7/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48164 · Foreign Government #48,164 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,164/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Klafs
CPC-NARROW F04D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNGOV Foreign Gov
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Klafs 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 Klaus’s 22.7 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 6.2 pts (27%) Velocity 2.2 pts (10%) Breadth 7.9 pts (35%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Klaus Union & KG · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Klaus's Innovation Score is 22.7/100 (11th 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 Klaus?

Each dot is one of Klaus’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). Klaus’s own 10.6 claims/patent is at or below the 18.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Klaus's grants concentrate

Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Klaus sits between Klafs GmbH and Klinikum der Universität München.

Klaus's three-year grant acceleration

Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG shows 1 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.

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What this shows Klaus holds 5 patents at rank #48,231, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Klaus

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,231 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps)

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

Klaus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	2	40.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 3

C22C - Alloys 2

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 2

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

F01C - Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines 2

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04D
Ranked #48,164 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Klaus Union GmbH & Co. KG against Klafs GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.7/100 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.