Where does Kulzer GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kulzer GMBH ranks #7,430 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 Kulzer GMBH hold?

Kulzer GMBH holds 44 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Kulzer GMBH's Innovation Score?

Kulzer GMBH has an Innovation Score of 53.1 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kulzer GMBH focus on?

Kulzer GMBH's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 35 patents, ranking #26 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kulzer GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kulzer GMBH's recent grant velocity is +182% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Kulzer GMBH's patents?

Kulzer GMBH's patents average 17.4 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 Kulzer 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

Kulzer GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 44 granted patents across 29 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kulzer ranks #7,430 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 44 patents across 29 technology areas.

#7,430
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.1/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +182%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7430 · Foreign Corporation #7,430 · 44 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 44 grants
UPPER-Q #7,430/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ixblue
CPC-FOCUS A61C · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +182% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ixblue (±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 Kulzer’s 53.1 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 13.1 pts (25%) Velocity 10.5 pts (20%) Breadth 19.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amada · near

53
Kulzer · this assignee

53
Topgolf International · near

53
Inveniam Capital… · near

53
OMG · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kulzer's Innovation Score is 53.1/100 (top 9% 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 Kulzer?

Each dot is one of Kulzer’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). Kulzer’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kulzer's grants concentrate

Kulzer GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 79.5% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (10 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2021. By volume, Kulzer sits between Ixblue and Leo Pharma A/S.

Kulzer's three-year grant acceleration

Kulzer GMBH shows 22 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Ixblue

44
K-international

44
Kenwood

44
Kpmg LLP

44
Labcyte

44
Lancium

44
LT Materials

44
Leo Pharma A/S

44
Kulzer ◀

44

What this shows Kulzer holds 44 patents at rank #7,430, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kulzer

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,430 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kulzer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61C (Dentistry), Kulzer ranks #26 of 546 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Topgolf International, Inc. 53 Amada Co., Ltd. 53 Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc. 53 OMG, Inc. 53

Kulzer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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.

View data table

Kulzer GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	6	13.6%
2019	5	11.4%
2020	5	11.4%
2021	4	9.1%
2022	10	22.7%
2023	6	13.6%
2024	6	13.6%
2025partial year	2	4.5%

Which technologies does Kulzer GMBH patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 35

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 8

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 7

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 5

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 5

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 4

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 4

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

Top 15 of 29 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

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

Kulzer GMBH's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 79.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #7,430 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kulzer GMBH against Ixblue, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.1/100 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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