Where does Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG ranks #20,207 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 Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG hold?

Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 39.0 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG focus on?

Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG's top technology area is B22D (Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices) with 14 patents, ranking #29 of 377 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG's patents?

Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG's patents average 13.3 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 Oskar Frech 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

Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 8 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: B22D (Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Oskar ranks #20,207 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 8 technology areas.

#20,207
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20207 · Foreign Corporation #20,207 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,207/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH One Drop Biosensor
CPC-NARROW B22D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: One Drop Biosensor Technologies, LLC (±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 Oskar’s 39.0 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 9.4 pts (24%) Velocity 11.7 pts (30%) Breadth 10.0 pts (26%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Oskar Frech + KG · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Oskar's Innovation Score is 39.0/100 (top 39% 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 Oskar?

Each dot is one of Oskar’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). Oskar’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Oskar's grants concentrate

Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B22D (Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Oskar sits between One Drop Biosensor Technologies, LLC and P.T. ROM and Associates LLC.

Oskar's three-year grant acceleration

Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

One Drop Biosensor

14
Ontario Institute…

14
Operative Medical…

14
Orora Packaging S…

14
Ossianix

14
Osteon Medical

14
Oxbo International

14
P T ROM and Assoc…

14
Oskar Frech + KG ◀

14

What this shows Oskar holds 14 patents at rank #20,208, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Oskar

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,208 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22D (Casting OF Metals)

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

Oskar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	14.3%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	3	21.4%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG patent most?

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 14

B22C - Foundry Moulding 3

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

Top 8 of 8 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

Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG's lead technology class is B22D (Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22D
Ranked #20,207 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG against One Drop Biosensor Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.0/100 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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