Where does Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. ranks #836 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V.'s recent grant velocity is -19% 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 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V.'s patents?

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V.'s patents average 18.2 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

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V.

Q: How is the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften 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 - 544 granted patents across 197 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Max-planck-gesellschaft ranks #836 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 544 patents across 197 technology areas.

#836
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.0/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R836 · Foreign Corporation #836 · 544 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 544 grants
TOP-DECILE #836/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aisin
CPC-WIDE G01N · 197 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aisin Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cummins Filtration IP · near

64
Kyocera SLD Laser · near

64
Fox Factory · near

64
Max-Planck-Gesellsch… · this assignee

64
InvenSense · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Max-planck-gesellschaft's Innovation Score is 64.0/100 (top 2% 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.

How Max-planck-gesellschaft's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. received 224 grants versus 278 in 2015–2019 (-19% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 63 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 39. Lead class G01N accounts for 20% of the portfolio across 197 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (#832) and Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. (#840).

Max-planck-gesellschaft's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. moved from 144 to 136 grants (0.94x 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 #1,343. See the growth leaderboard.

Lapis Semiconduct…

552
Gree Holdings

549
Alps Alpine

546
Inserm (Institut…

545
Max-planck-gesell… ◀

544
Aisin

543
Delta (Shanghai)

543
Digimarc

543
Johnson & Johnson…

543

What this shows Max-Planck-Gesellschaft holds 544 patents at rank #836, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

By rank, the assignees closest to #836 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Max-Planck-Gesellschaft's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Fox Factory, Inc. 64 InvenSense, Inc. 64 Cummins Filtration IP, Inc. 64 Kyocera SLD Laser, Inc. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Keysight Technologies, Inc. 18.2 avg Exxonmobil Research AND Engineering Company 18.2 avg The General Hospital Corporation 18.2 avg Lam Research Corporation 18.2 avg

Max-planck-gesellschaft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	63	11.6%
2016	56	10.3%
2017	57	10.5%
2018	46	8.5%
2019	56	10.3%
2020	42	7.7%
2021	46	8.5%
2022	49	9.0%
2023	48	8.8%
2024	39	7.2%
2025partial year	42	7.7%

Which technologies does Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 109

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 84

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 77

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 67

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 60

C07K - Peptides 53

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 41

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 36

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 35

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 27

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 25

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 25

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 24

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 23

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 23

Top 15 of 197 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#836

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

64.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #836 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. against Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.0/100 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

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