Where does PI Ceramic GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PI Ceramic GMBH ranks #32,859 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 PI Ceramic GMBH hold?

PI Ceramic GMBH holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is PI Ceramic GMBH's Innovation Score?

PI Ceramic GMBH has an Innovation Score of 32.8 out of 100 (42nd 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 PI Ceramic GMBH focus on?

PI Ceramic GMBH's top technology area is H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 8 patents, ranking #193 of 891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is PI Ceramic GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

PI Ceramic GMBH'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 PI Ceramic GMBH's patents?

PI Ceramic GMBH's patents average 15.3 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 PI Ceramic GMBH 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

PI Ceramic GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, PI ranks #32,859 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 7 technology areas.

#32,859
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.8/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32859 · Foreign Corporation #32,859 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,859/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Phasestor
CPC-NARROW H10N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Phasestor 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 PI’s 32.8 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 7.6 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 9.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
PI Ceramic · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PI's Innovation Score is 32.8/100 (42nd 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 PI?

Each dot is one of PI’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). PI’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where PI's grants concentrate

PI Ceramic GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, PI sits between Phasestor LLC and Pilepro GMBH.

PI's three-year grant acceleration

PI Ceramic GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Phasestor

8
Phenex Pharmaceut…

8
Pherecydes Pharma

8
Phico Therapeutics

8
Pi-crystal Incorp…

8
Picpocket Labs

8
Picsart

8
Pilepro

8
PI Ceramic ◀

8

What this shows PI holds 8 patents at rank #32,806, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PI

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,806 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices)

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

PI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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PI Ceramic GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	2	25.0%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does PI Ceramic GMBH patent most?

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 3

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

PI Ceramic GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

PI Ceramic GMBH's lead technology class is H10N (Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10N
Ranked #32,859 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PI Ceramic GMBH against Phasestor LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.8/100 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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