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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ODU GMBH & Co. KG ranks #14,182 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 ODU GMBH & Co. KG hold?

ODU GMBH & Co. KG holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

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

ODU GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 34.5 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

ODU GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +325% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

ODU GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 13.1 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 ODU 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

ODU GMBH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does ODU GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

ODU GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 16 patents, ranking #197 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ODU ranks #14,182 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 9 technology areas.

#14,182
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.5/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: +325%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14182 · Foreign Corporation #14,182 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,182/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Normalyze
CPC-NARROW H01R · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +325% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Normalyze, 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 ODU’s 34.5 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 10.7 pts (31%) Velocity 5.3 pts (15%) Breadth 10.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Espec · near

35
Huami · near

35
ODU & KG · this assignee

35
Pivot Medical · near

35
Trividia Health · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ODU's Innovation Score is 34.5/100 (48th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for ODU?

Each dot is one of ODU’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). ODU’s own 13.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where ODU's grants concentrate

ODU GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 76.2% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, ODU sits between Normalyze, Inc. and Origin Research Wireless, Inc..

ODU's three-year grant acceleration

ODU GMBH & Co. KG shows 8 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.

Normalyze

21
Notco Delaware

21
Nuburu

21
Octavo Systems

21
Off-white

21
Opswat

21
Origin Electric

21
Origin Research W…

21
ODU & KG ◀

21

What this shows ODU holds 21 patents at rank #14,180, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ODU

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,180 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ODU, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), ODU ranks #197 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Huami Inc. 35 Pivot Medical, Inc. 35 Trividia Health, Inc. 34 Espec Corp. 35

ODU's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ODU GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.8%
2018	2	9.5%
2019	1	4.8%
2020	3	14.3%
2021	6	28.6%
2022	4	19.0%
2023	2	9.5%
2024	2	9.5%

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

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 16

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

ODU GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 76.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #14,182 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ODU GMBH & Co. KG against Normalyze, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.5/100 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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