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Ludwig Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 11 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ludwig ranks #29,333 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 11 technology areas.

#29,333
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100)
22.6
avg claims per patent
+0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29333 · Foreign Corporation #29,333 · 9 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
  • MID-PACK #29,333/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Loop Energy
  • CPC-FOCUS F16B · 11 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
  • CLAIMS-DENSE 22.6 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-FLAT +0% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Loop Energy 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 Ludwig’s 46.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Ludwig

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Ludwig's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 20% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Ludwig?

Each dot is one of Ludwig’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). Ludwig’s own 22.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Ludwig vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 8.98.999.1 510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Loop Energy Inc. - 9, 18.56Loop EnergyLucas GC Limited - 9, 19.89Lucas GCLucent Medical Systems, Inc. - 9, 19.78Lucent Medical Sy…Lucid Corp. - 9, 18.22LucidLumaSense Technologies Holdings, Inc. - 9, 17.22Lumasense HoldingsLumenium LLC - 9, 16.78LumeniumLumentrics, Inc. - 9, 18.78LumentricsLumitec, LLC - 9, 7.11LumitecLudwig Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. KG - 9, 22.56Ludwig Hettich Ho…
Ludwig vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Ludwig's grants concentrate

Ludwig Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Ludwig sits between Loop Energy Inc. and Lumitec, LLC.

Ludwig's three-year grant acceleration

Ludwig Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. KG shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Who files at Ludwig's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Ludwig holds 9 patents at rank #29,319, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Ludwig

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,319 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Ludwig's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.533.5 20182019202220242025 1
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.

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Ludwig Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2018 2 22.2%
2019 2 22.2%
2022 1 11.1%
2024 3 33.3%
2025partial year 1 11.1%

Which technologies does Ludwig Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Ludwig Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Ludwig Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
  • Ranked #29,333 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Ludwig Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. KG against Loop Energy Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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

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.