Where does Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG ranks #10,694 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 Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 15 patents, ranking #733 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Is Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 13.9 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 Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 29 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Muehlbauer ranks #10,694 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 29 technology areas.

#10,694
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: +267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10694 · Foreign Corporation #10,694 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,694/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MedTech
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MedTech S.A. (±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 Muehlbauer’s 47.8 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 11.7 pts (25%) Velocity 8.7 pts (18%) Breadth 19.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Luminous Computing · near

48
Zonit Structured… · near

48
Medtronic CryoCath · near

48
Muehlbauer & KG · this assignee

48
Outward · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Muehlbauer's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 Muehlbauer?

Each dot is one of Muehlbauer’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). Muehlbauer’s own 13.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Muehlbauer's grants concentrate

Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 51.7% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Muehlbauer sits between Micware Co., Ltd. and Mississippi Lime Company.

Muehlbauer's three-year grant acceleration

Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Micware

29
Milgard Manufactu…

29
Molo Design

29
MSC Software

29
Memed Diagnostics

29
Medtech

29
Micell

29
Mississippi Lime

29
Muehlbauer & KG ◀

29

What this shows Muehlbauer holds 29 patents at rank #10,685, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Muehlbauer

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,685 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Muehlbauer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), Muehlbauer ranks #733 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Outward, Inc. 48 Medtronic CryoCath LP 48 Luminous Computing, Inc. 48 Zonit Structured Solutions, LLC 48

Muehlbauer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	10.3%
2017	2	6.9%
2019	1	3.4%
2020	4	13.8%
2021	5	17.2%
2022	5	17.2%
2023	5	17.2%
2024	3	10.3%
2025partial year	1	3.4%

Which technologies does Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 15

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 9

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 8

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 8

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 4

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

B42C - Bookbinding 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 1

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 1

Top 15 of 29 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

Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 51.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #10,694 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG against Micware Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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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