Where does Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG ranks #4,731 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 Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG holds 74 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 55.9 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is H02N (Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 49 patents, ranking #1 of 277 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +118% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 14.9 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 Physik Instrumente (PI) 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

Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 74 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H02N (Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Physik ranks #4,731 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 74 patents across 34 technology areas.

#4,731
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (55.9/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: +118%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4731 · Foreign Corporation #4,731 · 74 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 74 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,731/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magnolia Medical
CPC-FOCUS H02N · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +118% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magnolia Medical Technologies, 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 Physik’s 55.9 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 14.9 pts (27%) Velocity 11.4 pts (20%) Breadth 20.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Imra America · near

56
Interface Technology… · near

56
Mattson Technology · near

56
Physik Instrumente… · this assignee

56
Stolle Machinery · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Physik's Innovation Score is 55.9/100 (top 6% 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 Physik?

Each dot is one of Physik’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). Physik’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Physik's grants concentrate

Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 66.2% of grants classified under H02N (Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Physik sits between Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. and Seereal Technologies S.A..

Physik's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG moved from 21 to 36 grants (1.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Magnolia Medical

74
Molecular Devices

74
Nanning Fulian Fu…

74
Ncstar

74
Pierburg

74
Powerchip Technol…

74
Remy

74
Seereal

74
Physik Instrument… ◀

74

What this shows Physik holds 74 patents at rank #4,731, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Physik

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,731 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02N (Electric Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Physik, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02N (Electric Machines), Physik ranks #1 of 277 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Imra America, Inc. 56 Mattson Technology, Inc. 56 Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd. 56 Stolle Machinery Company, LLC 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).

Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd. 14.9 avg Transitions Optical, Ltd. 14.9 avg Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd. 14.9 avg Orion Energy Systems, Inc. 14.9 avg

Physik's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	4.1%
2016	6	8.1%
2017	3	4.1%
2018	1	1.4%
2019	9	12.2%
2020	4	5.4%
2021	8	10.8%
2022	10	13.5%
2023	13	17.6%
2024	13	17.6%
2025partial year	4	5.4%

Which technologies does Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 49

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 4

F16H - Gearing 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 3

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

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

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

Top 15 of 34 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

Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H02N (Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 66.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02N
Ranked #4,731 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Physik Instrumente (PI) GMBH & Co. KG against Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.9/100 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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