Where does Minimax GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Minimax GmbH ranks #18,904 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 Minimax GmbH hold?

Minimax GmbH holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Minimax GmbH's Innovation Score?

Minimax GmbH has an Innovation Score of 51.3 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Minimax GmbH focus on?

Minimax GmbH's top technology area is A62C (Fire-fighting) with 13 patents, ranking #28 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Minimax GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Minimax GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for Minimax GmbH's patents?

Minimax GmbH's patents average 16.6 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 Minimax 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

Minimax GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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: A62C (Fire-fighting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Minimax ranks #18,904 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 11 technology areas.

#18,904
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.3/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18904 · Foreign Corporation #18,904 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,904/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Metglas
CPC-FOCUS A62C · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metglas, 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 Minimax’s 51.3 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 9.6 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 11.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Minimax · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Minimax's Innovation Score is 51.3/100 (top 12% 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 Minimax?

Each dot is one of Minimax’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). Minimax’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Minimax's grants concentrate

Minimax GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under A62C (Fire-fighting). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Minimax sits between Metglas, Inc. and Monahan Products, LLC.

Minimax's three-year grant acceleration

Minimax GmbH shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Metglas

15
Microwave Chemical

15
Midori Anzen

15
Midwestern Univer…

15
Miso Robotics

15
Mixcomm

15
Mixhalo

15
Monahan Products

15
Minimax ◀

15

What this shows Minimax holds 15 patents at rank #18,903, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Minimax

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,903 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A62C (Fire-fighting)

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

Minimax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Minimax GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	6.7%
2022	9	60.0%
2023	4	26.7%
2024	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Minimax GmbH patent most?

A62C - Fire-fighting 13

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 11 of 11 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

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

Minimax GmbH's lead technology class is A62C (Fire-fighting), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A62C
Ranked #18,904 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Minimax GmbH against Metglas, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.3/100 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

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.