Where does Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH ranks #16,200 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 Viking Patent Management GmbH hold?

Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH's Innovation Score?

Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH has an Innovation Score of 54.1 out of 100 (top 8% 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 Viking Patent Management GmbH focus on?

Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH's top technology area is A62C (Fire-fighting) with 16 patents, ranking #21 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

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

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

Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH's patents average 21.2 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.

How is the Minimax Viking Patent Management 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 Viking Patent Management GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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: A62C (Fire-fighting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Minimax ranks #16,200 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 10 technology areas.

#16,200
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.1/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16200 · Foreign Corporation #16,200 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,200/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Metso Minerals…
CPC-FOCUS A62C · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metso Minerals Industries, 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 54.1 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 (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 11.2 pts (21%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Minimax Viking… · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Minimax's Innovation Score is 54.1/100 (top 8% 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 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.9 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 Viking Patent Management GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under A62C (Fire-fighting). By volume, Minimax sits between Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. and Momentis Surgical Ltd.

Minimax's three-year grant acceleration

Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Metso Minerals In…

18
Metso Outotec USA

18
Michael Weinig

18
Mimecast North Am…

18
Mirraviz

18
Mistras Group

18
Moment

18
Momentis Surgical

18
Minimax Viking Pa… ◀

18

What this shows Minimax holds 18 patents at rank #16,203, 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 #16,203 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)

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2024–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	8	44.4%
2025partial year	10	55.6%

Which technologies does Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH patent most?

A62C - Fire-fighting 16

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

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

C22C - Alloys 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

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

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

Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH's lead technology class is A62C (Fire-fighting), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A62C
Ranked #16,200 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH against Metso Minerals Industries, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.1/100 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.