Where does Papierfabrik August Koehler SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Papierfabrik August Koehler SE ranks #16,272 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 Papierfabrik August Koehler SE hold?

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Papierfabrik August Koehler SE's Innovation Score?

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE has an Innovation Score of 45.5 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Papierfabrik August Koehler SE focus on?

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE's top technology area is B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,) with 14 patents, ranking #47 of 466 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Papierfabrik August Koehler SE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE's recent grant velocity is +57% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Papierfabrik August Koehler SE's patents?

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE's patents average 17.1 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 Papierfabrik August Koehler SE 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

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 24 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: B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Papierfabrik ranks #16,272 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 24 technology areas.

#16,272
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.5/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: +57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16272 · Foreign Corporation #16,272 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,272/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Paragraf
CPC-FOCUS B41M · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Paragraf 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 Papierfabrik’s 45.5 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 10.2 pts (22%) Velocity 7.8 pts (17%) Breadth 17.3 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (22%)

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What this shows Papierfabrik's Innovation Score is 45.5/100 (top 23% 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 Papierfabrik?

Each dot is one of Papierfabrik’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). Papierfabrik’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Papierfabrik's grants concentrate

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Papierfabrik sits between Power Beauty (DONGGUAN) Industrial Co., Ltd. and Pepperl+Fuchs SE.

Papierfabrik's three-year grant acceleration

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

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What this shows Papierfabrik holds 18 patents at rank #16,281, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Papierfabrik

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,281 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41M (Printing)

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

Papierfabrik's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% 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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Papierfabrik August Koehler SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.6%
2017	3	16.7%
2018	1	5.6%
2019	2	11.1%
2020	2	11.1%
2021	2	11.1%
2022	3	16.7%
2023	1	5.6%
2024	3	16.7%

Which technologies does Papierfabrik August Koehler SE patent most?

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 14

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 2

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 2

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 1

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 1

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

D21F - Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon 1

Top 15 of 24 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

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Papierfabrik August Koehler SE's lead technology class is B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41M
Ranked #16,272 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Papierfabrik August Koehler SE against Power Beauty (DONGGUAN) Industrial Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.5/100 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.

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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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