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Paul Muller GMBH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 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: F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Paul ranks #49,508 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#49,508
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.0/100)
10.6
avg claims per patent
-33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49508 · Foreign Corporation #49,508 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
  • BOTTOM-DECILE #49,508/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Patech Fine Chemicals
  • CPC-NARROW F16J · 4 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 33.0/100
  • CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DOWN -33% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Patech Fine Chemicals 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.

How Paul’s 33.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Paul

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Paul's Innovation Score is 33.0/100 (43rd 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Paul?

Each dot is one of Paul’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). Paul’s own 10.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Paul vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 4.95.05.055.05.05.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Patech Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. - 5, 13Patech Fine Chemi…Patron Spirits International AG - 5, 1Patron Spirits In…Patternex, Inc. - 5, 19.2PatternexPatterson-uti Drilling Company LLC - 5, 14.6Patterson-uti Dri…Paul Wurth Deutschland GMBH - 5, 17.2Paul Wurth Deutsc…Paychief LLC - 5, 18.2PaychiefPC Krause AND Associates, Inc. - 5, 18.6PC Krause AND Ass…PCC Structurals, Inc. - 5, 14.4PCC StructuralsPaul Muller GMBH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen - 5, 10.6Paul Muller & KG…
Paul vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Paul's grants concentrate

Paul Muller GMBH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Paul sits between Patech Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. and PCC Structurals, Inc..

Paul's three-year grant acceleration

Paul Muller GMBH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Who files at Paul's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Paul holds 5 patents at rank #49,475, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Paul

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,475 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16J (Pistons)

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

Paul's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.533.5 201620232024 1
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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Paul Muller GMBH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 3 60.0%
2023 1 20.0%
2024 1 20.0%

Which technologies does Paul Muller GMBH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen patent most?

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

  • Paul Muller GMBH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen's lead technology class is F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16J
  • Ranked #49,508 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Paul Muller GMBH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen against Patech Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 33.0/100 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

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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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.