Where does Nienstedt GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nienstedt GmbH ranks #41,949 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 Nienstedt GmbH hold?

Nienstedt GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Nienstedt GmbH's Innovation Score?

Nienstedt GmbH has an Innovation Score of 35.4 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nienstedt GmbH focus on?

Nienstedt GmbH's top technology area is B26F (PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting) with 2 patents, ranking #71 of 252 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nienstedt GmbH's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Nienstedt GmbH's patents average 17.2 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 Nienstedt 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

Nienstedt GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B26F (PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nienstedt ranks #41,949 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 11 technology areas.

#41,949
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.4/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41949 · Foreign Corporation #41,949 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,949/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nexus Pharmaceuticals
CPC-FOCUS B26F · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nexus Pharmaceuticals, 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 Nienstedt’s 35.4 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 6.7 pts (19%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 11.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nienstedt · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nienstedt's Innovation Score is 35.4/100 (top 49% 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 Nienstedt?

Each dot is one of Nienstedt’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). Nienstedt’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nienstedt's grants concentrate

Nienstedt GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under B26F (PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Nienstedt sits between Nexus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Nima Labs, Inc..

Nienstedt's three-year grant acceleration

Nienstedt GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Nexus Pharmaceuti…

6
Nexus

6
Nico IP

6
Nielsen & Bainbri…

6
Nightwing Group

6
Nikko-materials

6
Nilar Internation…

6
Nima Labs

6
Nienstedt ◀

6

What this shows Nienstedt holds 6 patents at rank #41,990, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nienstedt

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,990 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26F (Perforating)

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

Nienstedt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nienstedt GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Nienstedt GmbH patent most?

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 2

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 2

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

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

B24C - Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material 1

B30B - Presses IN General 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

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 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

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

Nienstedt GmbH's lead technology class is B26F (PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26F
Ranked #41,949 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nienstedt GmbH against Nexus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.4/100 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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