Where does Lenze Drives GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lenze Drives GmbH ranks #16,949 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 Lenze Drives GmbH hold?

Lenze Drives GmbH holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Lenze Drives GmbH's Innovation Score?

Lenze Drives GmbH has an Innovation Score of 28.2 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lenze Drives GmbH focus on?

Lenze Drives GmbH's top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 10 patents, ranking #266 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lenze Drives GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lenze Drives GmbH's recent grant velocity is +13% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Lenze Drives GmbH's patents?

Lenze Drives GmbH's patents average 9.5 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 Lenze Drives 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

Lenze Drives GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lenze ranks #16,949 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 10 technology areas.

#16,949
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.2/100): 9.5
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16949 · Foreign Corporation #16,949 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,949/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lehigh
CPC-FOCUS H02K · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lehigh Technologies, Inc. (±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 Lenze’s 28.2 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 10.0 pts (35%) Velocity 1.3 pts (5%) Breadth 11.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 5.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lenze Drives · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lenze's Innovation Score is 28.2/100 (26th percentile 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 Lenze?

Each dot is one of Lenze’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). Lenze’s own 9.5 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Lenze's grants concentrate

Lenze Drives GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 58.8% of grants classified under H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Lenze sits between Luminescence Technology Corp. and Litera Corporation.

Lenze's three-year grant acceleration

Lenze Drives GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Luminescence Tech…

17
Luxrobo

17
Lehigh

17
Lensgen

17
Liberty Plugins

17
Liberty Pumps

17
Link Mfg

17
Litera

17
Lenze Drives ◀

17

What this shows Lenze holds 17 patents at rank #16,959, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lenze

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,959 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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

Lenze's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Lenze Drives GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	3	17.6%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	4	23.5%
2022	1	5.9%
2023	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Lenze Drives GmbH patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 10

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Lenze Drives GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lenze Drives GmbH's lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 58.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #16,949 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lenze Drives GmbH against Luminescence Technology Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.2/100 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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