Where does Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG ranks #36,134 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 Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG hold?

Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 33.0 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG.

What does claim depth mean for Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG's patents?

Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG's patents average 12.7 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 Klüber Lubrication München SE & 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

Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG focus on?

Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG's top technology area is C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition) with 7 patents, ranking #55 of 300 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2023. 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: C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Klüber ranks #36,134 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#36,134
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.0/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36134 · Foreign Corporation #36,134 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,134/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Killer Concepts
CPC-NARROW C10M · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2023 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Killer Concepts, 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 Klüber’s 33.0 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 7.2 pts (22%) Velocity 8.9 pts (27%) Breadth 9.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Klüber Lubrication… · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Klüber's Innovation Score is 33.0/100 (43rd 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 Klüber?

Each dot is one of Klüber’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). Klüber’s own 12.7 claims/patent is at or below the 14.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Klüber's grants concentrate

Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Klüber sits between Killer Concepts, Inc. and Kohl's, Inc..

Klüber's three-year grant acceleration

Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG shows 4 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.

Killer Concepts

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Kiosk Information…

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Kirwan Surgical P…

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Kneron (Taiwan)

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What this shows Klüber holds 7 patents at rank #36,142, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Klüber

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,142 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10M (Lubricating Compositions)

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

Klüber's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2023

Grants by year

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

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Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	14.3%
2021	2	28.6%
2022	2	28.6%
2023	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG patent most?

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 7

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 7

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG's lead technology class is C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10M
Ranked #36,134 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG against Killer Concepts, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.0/100 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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