Where does KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH ranks #11,705 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 KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH hold?

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH's Innovation Score?

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH's recent grant velocity is -8% 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 KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH's patents?

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH'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 KS Kolbenschmidt 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

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH

Q: What technology areas does KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH focus on?

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH's top technology area is F02F (Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines) with 26 patents, ranking #11 of 151 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F02F (Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KS ranks #11,705 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 16 technology areas.

#11,705
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11705 · Foreign Corporation #11,705 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,705/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kama-Tech (HK)
CPC-FOCUS F02F · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kama-Tech (HK) Limited (±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 KS’s 36.4 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 11.4 pts (31%) Velocity 2.1 pts (6%) Breadth 14.1 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KS Kolbenschmidt · this assignee

36
Zhejiang Linix Motor · near

36
Cell Signaling… · near

36
Johnson Matthey Davy · near

36
Shenzhen Hello Tech… · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KS's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 47% 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 KS?

Each dot is one of KS’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). KS’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where KS's grants concentrate

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F02F (Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, KS sits between Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc. and Konnectronix, Inc..

KS's three-year grant acceleration

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Konica Minolta Me…

26
Koppe Royalty B V

26
Korea National Un…

26
Krauss-maffei Weg…

26
Kuang-chi Institu…

26
Kama-tech (HK)

26
Knox Associates

26
Konnectronix

26
KS Kolbenschmidt ◀

26

What this shows KS holds 26 patents at rank #11,701, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KS

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,701 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02F (Cylinders)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for KS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F02F (Cylinders), KS ranks #11 of 151 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Zhejiang Linix Motor Co., Ltd. 36 Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. 36 Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd 36 Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited 36

KS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	7.7%
2016	3	11.5%
2017	1	3.8%
2018	2	7.7%
2019	5	19.2%
2020	5	19.2%
2021	3	11.5%
2022	1	3.8%
2023	2	7.7%
2024	1	3.8%
2025partial year	1	3.8%

Which technologies does KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH patent most?

F02F - Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines 26

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 9

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 4

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 3

F05C - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Materials, Material Properties OR Material Characteristics FOR Machines, Engines OR Pumps Other Than Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines 2

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 2

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 2

B22C - Foundry Moulding 2

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

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 1

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 1

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 1

Top 15 of 16 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

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH's lead technology class is F02F (Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02F
Ranked #11,705 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH against Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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