Where does MANN+HUMMEL GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MANN+HUMMEL GmbH ranks #710 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 MANN+HUMMEL GmbH hold?

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH holds 639 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 107 technology areas.

What is MANN+HUMMEL GmbH's Innovation Score?

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH has an Innovation Score of 59.3 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MANN+HUMMEL GmbH focus on?

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH's top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 488 patents, ranking #3 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 107 CPC subclasses total.

Is MANN+HUMMEL GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH's recent grant velocity is -13% 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 MANN+HUMMEL GmbH's patents?

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH's patents average 13.3 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 MANN+HUMMEL 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

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 639 granted patents across 107 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mann+hummel ranks #710 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 639 patents across 107 technology areas.

#710
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.3/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R710 · Foreign Corporation #710 · 639 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 639 grants
TOP-DECILE #710/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abbott Cardiovascula…
CPC-WIDE B01D · 107 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (±1 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 Mann+hummel’s 59.3 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 22.3 pts (38%) Velocity 4.1 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Showa Denko Materials · near

59
MANN+HUMMEL · this assignee

59
Toyoda Gosei · near

59
Beijing Eswin… · near

59
Bristol-Myers Squibb · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mann+hummel's Innovation Score is 59.3/100 (top 4% 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 Mann+hummel?

Each dot is one of Mann+hummel’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). Mann+hummel’s own 13.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Mann+hummel's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, MANN+HUMMEL GmbH received 287 grants versus 329 in 2015–2019 (-13% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 91 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 43. Lead class B01D accounts for 76.4% of the portfolio across 107 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Vanderbilt University (#706) and Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University (#714).

Mann+hummel's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, MANN+HUMMEL GmbH moved from 235 to 143 grants (0.61x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,427. See the growth leaderboard.

Vanderbilt Univer…

642
Abbott Cardiovasc…

640
Mitsubishi Materi…

640
S C Johnson & SON

640
MANN+Hummel ◀

639
Lincoln Global

638
Mitsubishi Hitach…

638
Cooper

637
Industry-universi…

637

What this shows MANN+HUMMEL holds 639 patents at rank #710, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MANN+HUMMEL

By rank, the assignees closest to #710 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in MANN+HUMMEL's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MANN+HUMMEL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01D (Separation), MANN+HUMMEL ranks #3 of 3,536 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. 59 Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. 59 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 59 Beijing Eswin Computing Technology Co., Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.3 here).

B/E Aerospace, Inc. 13.3 avg Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. 13.3 avg Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie S.R.L. 13.3 avg Achates Power, Inc. 13.3 avg

Mann+hummel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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MANN+HUMMEL GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	46	7.2%
2016	59	9.2%
2017	67	10.5%
2018	66	10.3%
2019	91	14.2%
2020	91	14.2%
2021	53	8.3%
2022	50	7.8%
2023	50	7.8%
2024	43	6.7%
2025partial year	23	3.6%

Which technologies does MANN+HUMMEL GmbH patent most?

B01D - Separation 488

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 265

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 69

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 40

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 37

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 34

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 33

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 29

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 21

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 20

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 20

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 20

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 18

B04B - Centrifuges 17

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 15

Top 15 of 107 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

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH's lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 76.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #710 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MANN+HUMMEL GmbH against Vanderbilt University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.3/100 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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