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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG ranks #19,987 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 Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

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

Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 39.9 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is B31B (Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper) with 5 patents, ranking #67 of 282 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 14.7 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 Kolbus 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

Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B31B (Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kolbus ranks #19,987 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 9 technology areas.

#19,987
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.9/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19987 · Foreign Corporation #19,987 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,987/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kidde-Fenwal
CPC-NARROW B31B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kidde-Fenwal, 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 Kolbus’s 39.9 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 (24%) Velocity 11.1 pts (28%) Breadth 10.6 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kolbus & KG · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kolbus's Innovation Score is 39.9/100 (top 37% 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 Kolbus?

Each dot is one of Kolbus’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). Kolbus’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kolbus's grants concentrate

Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 35.7% of grants classified under B31B (Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Kolbus sits between Kidde-Fenwal, LLC and Koyo Thermo Systems Co., Ltd..

Kolbus's three-year grant acceleration

Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG shows 5 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.

Kidde-fenwal

14
Kinekt Design

14
Kiswe Mobile

14
Knitpro Internati…

14
Komatsu America

14
Kona I

14
Kona Medical

14
Koyo Thermo Syste…

14
Kolbus & KG ◀

14

What this shows Kolbus holds 14 patents at rank #19,989, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kolbus

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,989 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B31B (Making Containers OF Paper)

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

Kolbus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	21.4%
2017	1	7.1%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	1	7.1%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 5

B42C - Bookbinding 5

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 4

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 4

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B31D - Making Articles OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper, NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B31b OR B31c 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

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

Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B31B (Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper), 35.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B31B
Ranked #19,987 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG against Kidde-Fenwal, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.9/100 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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