Where does Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG ranks #19,003 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 Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 28.6 out of 100 (28th 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 Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain) with 13 patents, ranking #20 of 384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 15.1 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 Pallmann Maschinenfabrik 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

Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 8 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: B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pallmann ranks #19,003 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 8 technology areas.

#19,003
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.6/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19003 · Foreign Corporation #19,003 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,003/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Oxyrane UK
CPC-NARROW B02C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Oxyrane UK Limited (±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 Pallmann’s 28.6 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 9.6 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sabert · near

29
Fortus Medical · near

29
Pallmann Maschinenfa… · this assignee

29
Trice Medical · near

29
Wilton Industries · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pallmann's Innovation Score is 28.6/100 (28th 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 Pallmann?

Each dot is one of Pallmann’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). Pallmann’s own 15.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Pallmann's grants concentrate

Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Pallmann sits between Oxyrane UK Limited and PEP Innovation PTE. Ltd..

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15
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15

What this shows Pallmann holds 15 patents at rank #18,995, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pallmann

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,995 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B02C (Crushing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pallmann, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B02C (Crushing), Pallmann ranks #20 of 384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Trice Medical, Inc. 29 Wilton Industries, Inc. 29 Fortus Medical, Inc. 29 Sabert Corporation 29

Pallmann's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% 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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Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	13.3%
2016	1	6.7%
2018	3	20.0%
2019	3	20.0%
2020	4	26.7%
2021	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 13

B27L - Removing Bark OR Vestiges OF Branches ; Splitting WOOD; Manufacture OF Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres OR Wood Powder 5

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

B30B - Presses IN General 1

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 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

Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B02C
Ranked #19,003 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pallmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG against Oxyrane UK Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.6/100 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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