Is Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V.'s recent grant velocity is -33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V.

Q: Where does Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V. ranks #18,839 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Leibniz-institut ranks #18,839 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 25 technology areas.

#18,839
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18839 · Foreign Corporation #18,839 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,839/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lange Uhren
CPC-FOCUS H10N · 25 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lange Uhren GmbH (±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 Leibniz-institut’s 39.0 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 9.6 pts (25%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 17.7 pts (45%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Leibniz-Institut… · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Leibniz-institut's Innovation Score is 39.0/100 (top 39% 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 Leibniz-institut?

Each dot is one of Leibniz-institut’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). Leibniz-institut’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Leibniz-institut's grants concentrate

Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Leibniz-institut sits between Lange Uhren GmbH and Lindsey Adelman Studio LLC.

Leibniz-institut's three-year grant acceleration

Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V. shows 2 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.

Lange Uhren

15
Laser Aiming Syst…

15
Leapyear

15
Lechler

15
Lifetouch

15
Lilitab

15
Linden Research

15
Lindsey Adelman S…

15
Leibniz-institut… ◀

15

What this shows Leibniz-Institut holds 15 patents at rank #18,851, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Leibniz-Institut

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,851 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Leibniz-Institut's primary technology class.

Leibniz-institut's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	13.3%
2016	1	6.7%
2017	1	6.7%
2018	3	20.0%
2019	2	13.3%
2021	4	26.7%
2022	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V. patent most?

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 3

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V.'s lead technology class is H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10N
Ranked #18,839 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und, Werkstoffforschung Dresden e. V. against Lange Uhren GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.