Where does Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH ranks #24,886 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 Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH hold?

Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH's Innovation Score?

Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH has an Innovation Score of 21.8 out of 100 (9th 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 Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH focus on?

Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH's top technology area is B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH's recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH's patents?

Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH's patents average 10.2 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 Niles Werkzeugmaschinen 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

Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Niles ranks #24,886 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 4 technology areas.

#24,886
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.8/100): 10.2
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24886 · Foreign Corporation #24,886 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,886/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nihon Superior
CPC-NARROW B23F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nihon Superior 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

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Niles Werkzeugmaschi… · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Niles's Innovation Score is 21.8/100 (9th 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 Niles's grants concentrate

Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Niles sits between Nihon Superior Co., Ltd. and Nippi Corporation.

Nihon Superior

11
Nihon Video System

11
NII Northern Inte…

11
Nikon Research OF…

11
Ningbo Flying-hor…

11
Ningbo Royalux Li…

11
Ningbo Yamao Opto…

11
Nippi

11
Niles Werkzeugmas… ◀

11

What this shows Niles holds 11 patents at rank #24,855, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Niles

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,855 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks)

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

Niles's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	18.2%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	1	9.1%
2019	4	36.4%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH patent most?

B23F - Making Gears OR Toothed Racks 9

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 7

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 3

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#24,886

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

21.8 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

Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH's lead technology class is B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23F
Ranked #24,886 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH against Nihon Superior Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.8/100 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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