Where does Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH ranks #48,173 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 Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH hold?

Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH's Innovation Score?

Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH has an Innovation Score of 45.8 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH focus on?

Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH's top technology area is B32B (Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form) with 4 patents, ranking #899 of 3,088 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH's patents?

Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH's patents average 15.0 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 Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH 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

Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B32B (Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Klöckner ranks #48,173 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 9 technology areas.

#48,173
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.8/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48173 · Foreign Corporation #48,173 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,173/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Klepfer Holdings
CPC-NARROW B32B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Klepfer 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.

How Klöckner’s 45.8 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 (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 10.6 pts (23%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Klöckner Pentaplast · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Klöckner's Innovation Score is 45.8/100 (top 22% 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 Klöckner?

Each dot is one of Klöckner’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). Klöckner’s own 15.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Klöckner's grants concentrate

Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B32B (Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Klöckner sits between Klepfer Holdings, LLC and Knowles (UK) Ltd..

Klöckner's three-year grant acceleration

Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Klepfer Holdings

5
Klinikum der Univ…

5
Klio-eterna Schre…

5
Klip Collective

5
Knick Elektronisc…

5
Knightwerx

5
Know Biological

5
Knowles (UK)

5
Klöckner Pentapla… ◀

5

What this shows Klöckner holds 5 patents at rank #48,238, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Klöckner

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,238 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B32B (Layered Products)

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

Klöckner's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

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

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Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2023	2	40.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH patent most?

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH's lead technology class is B32B (Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B32B
Ranked #48,173 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Klöckner Pentaplast GMBH against Klepfer Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.8/100 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

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