Where does Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG ranks #11,317 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 Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 59.1 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is H03K (Pulse Technique) with 12 patents, ranking #214 of 1,682 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG.

What does claim depth mean for Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 14.0 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 Kostal Automobil Elektrik 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

Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: H03K (Pulse Technique).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kostal ranks #11,317 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 33 technology areas.

#11,317
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.1/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11317 · Foreign Corporation #11,317 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,317/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Karamba Security
CPC-FOCUS H03K · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Karamba Security Ltd. (±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 Kostal’s 59.1 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 11.5 pts (19%) Velocity 18.9 pts (32%) Breadth 20.3 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rocky Research · near

59
Blade Dynamics · near

59
Inteva Products · near

59
Kostal Automobil… · this assignee

59
Politecnico di Milano · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kostal's Innovation Score is 59.1/100 (top 4% 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 Kostal?

Each dot is one of Kostal’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). Kostal’s own 14.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kostal's grants concentrate

Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under H03K (Pulse Technique). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Kostal sits between Knopp Biosciences, LLC and Kleemann GmbH.

Kostal's three-year grant acceleration

Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Knopp Biosciences

27
Kobold

27
Kony

27
Korea Institute O…

27
Karamba Security

27
Katerra

27
Keeson Technology

27
Kleemann

27
Kostal Automobil… ◀

27

What this shows Kostal holds 27 patents at rank #11,307, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kostal

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,307 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H03K (Pulse Technique)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kostal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H03K (Pulse Technique), Kostal ranks #214 of 1,682 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Blade Dynamics Limited 59 Politecnico di Milano 59 Inteva Products, LLC 59 Rocky Research 59

Kostal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	3.7%
2021	5	18.5%
2022	3	11.1%
2023	9	33.3%
2024	5	18.5%
2025partial year	4	14.8%

Which technologies does Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

H03K - Pulse Technique 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

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 5

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 4

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

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 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Top 15 of 33 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

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

Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H03K (Pulse Technique), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H03K
Ranked #11,317 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG against Knopp Biosciences, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.1/100 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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