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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pilz GmbH & Co. KG ranks #3,540 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 Pilz GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG holds 104 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 64 technology areas.

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

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -15% 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 Pilz GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 14.6 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 Pilz 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

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Pilz GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements) with 55 patents, ranking #74 of 3,455 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 64 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 104 granted patents across 64 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: G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pilz ranks #3,540 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 104 patents across 64 technology areas.

#3,540
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3540 · Foreign Corporation #3,540 · 104 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 104 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,540/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Peloton Interactive
CPC-WIDE G05B · 64 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Peloton Interactive, 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 Pilz’s 54.6 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 16.1 pts (29%) Velocity 4.7 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Access Business… · near

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Asia Vital Component… · near

55
Pilz & KG · this assignee

55
Sion Power · near

55
Universita Degli… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pilz's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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 Pilz?

Each dot is one of Pilz’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). Pilz’s own 14.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Pilz's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Pilz GmbH & Co. KG received 46 grants versus 54 in 2015–2019 (-15% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 17 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 2. Lead class G05B accounts for 52.9% of the portfolio across 64 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Peloton Interactive, Inc. (#3,538) and Stamicarbon B.V. (#3,546).

Pilz's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Pilz GmbH & Co. KG moved from 34 to 24 grants (0.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,131. See the growth leaderboard.

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104
Promerus

104
Proton World Inte…

104
People ai

104
Qinetiq

104
Schneider Electri…

104
Shaanxi Universit…

104
Stamicarbon B V

104
Pilz & KG ◀

104

What this shows Pilz holds 104 patents at rank #3,542, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pilz

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,542 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pilz, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General), Pilz ranks #74 of 3,455 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Sion Power Corporation 55 Universita Degli Studi DI Palermo 55 Access Business Group International LLC 55 Asia Vital Components (CHINA) Co., Ltd. 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.6 here).

Festo SE & Co. KG 14.6 avg Pyrotek, Inc. 14.6 avg Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche 14.6 avg Popsockets LLC 14.6 avg

Pilz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% 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.

View data table

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	7.7%
2016	17	16.3%
2017	6	5.8%
2018	11	10.6%
2019	12	11.5%
2020	9	8.7%
2021	13	12.5%
2022	11	10.6%
2023	11	10.6%
2024	2	1.9%
2025partial year	4	3.8%

Which technologies does Pilz GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 55

F16P - Safety Devices IN GENERAL; ; Safety Devices FOR Presses 24

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 22

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 14

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 11

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 10

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 10

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 8

H03K - Pulse Technique 8

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

Top 15 of 64 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

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

Pilz GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements), 52.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05B
Ranked #3,540 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pilz GmbH & Co. KG against Peloton Interactive, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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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