Where does Montblanc-Simplo GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Montblanc-Simplo GmbH ranks #3,819 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 Montblanc-Simplo GmbH hold?

Montblanc-Simplo GmbH holds 95 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Montblanc-Simplo GmbH's Innovation Score?

Montblanc-Simplo GmbH has an Innovation Score of 26.3 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Montblanc-Simplo GmbH focus on?

Montblanc-Simplo GmbH's top technology area is B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Montblanc-Simplo GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Montblanc-Simplo GmbH's recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Montblanc-Simplo GmbH's patents?

Montblanc-Simplo GmbH's patents average 1.7 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 Montblanc-Simplo 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

Montblanc-Simplo GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 95 granted patents across 6 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: B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Montblanc-simplo ranks #3,819 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 95 patents across 6 technology areas.

#3,819
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.3/100): 1.7
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3819 · Foreign Corporation #3,819 · 95 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 95 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,819/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kuen Hwa Traffic…
CPC-NARROW B43K · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kuen Hwa Traffic Industrial Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allan Block · near

26
Autoimmune · near

26
Benelli Armi S P A · near

26
Thermaltake Technology · near

26
Montblanc-Simplo · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Montblanc-simplo's Innovation Score is 26.3/100 (20th percentile 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.

Where Montblanc-simplo's grants concentrate

Montblanc-Simplo GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 5.3% of grants classified under B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (28 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Montblanc-simplo sits between Kuen Hwa Traffic Industrial Co., Ltd. and RB Distribution, Inc..

Montblanc-simplo's three-year grant acceleration

Montblanc-Simplo GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Kuen Hwa Traffic…

95
Leoni Kabel

95
Magna Powertrain…

95
Mizuno

95
Paramount BED

95
Pioneer Surgical…

95
Polaris Wireless

95
RB Distribution

95
Montblanc-simplo ◀

95

What this shows Montblanc-Simplo holds 95 patents at rank #3,819, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Montblanc-Simplo

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,819 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Montblanc-Simplo's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (26 here).

Benelli Armi S.P.A. 26 Autoimmune Technologies, LLC 26 Thermaltake Technology Co., Ltd. 26 Allan Block, LLC 26

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (1.7 here).

Wheel Pros LLC 1.7 avg D6 LLC 1.6 avg Bloomy Lotus Limited 1.7 avg Coplus Inc. 1.6 avg

Montblanc-simplo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% 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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Montblanc-Simplo GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	12.6%
2016	15	15.8%
2017	17	17.9%
2018	28	29.5%
2019	8	8.4%
2020	8	8.4%
2024	2	2.1%
2025partial year	5	5.3%

Which technologies does Montblanc-Simplo GmbH patent most?

B43K - Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing 5

A44C - Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,819

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.3 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

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

Montblanc-Simplo GmbH's lead technology class is B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing), 5.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B43K
Ranked #3,819 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Montblanc-Simplo GmbH against Kuen Hwa Traffic Industrial Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.3/100 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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