Where does Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG ranks #16,178 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 Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG hold?

Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG's Innovation Score?

Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG has an Innovation Score of 37.8 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG focus on?

Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG's top technology area is B23B (TURNING; Boring) with 12 patents, ranking #40 of 490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG's recent grant velocity is -11% 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 Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG's patents?

Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG's patents average 16.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG

Q: How is the Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG 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 - 18 granted patents across 10 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: B23B (TURNING; Boring).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mapal ranks #16,178 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 10 technology areas.

#16,178
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.8/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16178 · Foreign Corporation #16,178 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,178/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH M-solv
CPC-FOCUS B23B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: M-solv Limited (±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 Mapal’s 37.8 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 10.2 pts (27%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 11.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Mapal Fabrik für… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Mapal's Innovation Score is 37.8/100 (top 43% 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 Mapal?

Each dot is one of Mapal’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). Mapal’s own 16.3 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.

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

Where Mapal's grants concentrate

Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B23B (TURNING; Boring). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Mapal sits between M-solv Limited and Melinta Therapeutics, Inc..

Mapal's three-year grant acceleration

Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

M-solv

18
Mabe DE C V

18
Magma Global

18
Manufacture D'hor…

18
Match COM L L C

18
MEC

18
Medicinal Bioconv…

18
Melinta Therapeut…

18
Mapal Fabrik für… ◀

18

What this shows Mapal holds 18 patents at rank #16,173, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mapal

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,173 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23B (Turning)

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

Mapal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% 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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Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	16.7%
2016	1	5.6%
2017	3	16.7%
2018	2	11.1%
2020	2	11.1%
2021	2	11.1%
2022	2	11.1%
2023	1	5.6%
2024	1	5.6%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG patent most?

B23B - TURNING; Boring 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

B23C - Milling 5

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 2

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

B23G - Thread CUTTING; Working OF Screws, Bolt Heads, OR Nuts, IN Conjunction Therewith 1

B27G - Accessory Machines OR Apparatus FOR Working Wood OR Similar MATERIALS; Tools FOR Working Wood OR Similar Materials ; Safety Devices FOR Wood Working Machines OR Tools 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 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

Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG's lead technology class is B23B (TURNING; Boring), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23B
Ranked #16,178 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mapal Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG against M-solv Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.8/100 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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