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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG ranks #7,064 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 Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

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

Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 41.0 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -38% 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 Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Profil Verbindungstechnik 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 Profil Verbindungstechnik 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

Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG

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

Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 42 patents, ranking #16 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 14 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Profil ranks #7,064 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 14 technology areas.

#7,064
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.0/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7064 · Foreign Corporation #7,064 · 47 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,064/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH OptiNose AS
CPC-FOCUS F16B · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: OptiNose AS (±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 Profil’s 41.0 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 13.4 pts (33%) Velocity 5.6 pts (14%) Breadth 13.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
JCM American · near

41
Nook Digital · near

41
Profil Verbindungste… · this assignee

41
Shenzhen Verdewell… · near

41
Tokushima University · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Profil's Innovation Score is 41.0/100 (top 34% 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 Profil?

Each dot is one of Profil’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). Profil’s own 14.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Profil's grants concentrate

Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 89.4% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Profil sits between OptiNose AS and Repsol S.A..

Profil's three-year grant acceleration

Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Optinose AS

47
Pfeiffer Vacuum

47
Pharnext

47
Plaid

47
Phoenix Industrie…

47
Pivot Medical

47
Qualys

47
Repsol

47
Profil Verbindung… ◀

47

What this shows Profil holds 47 patents at rank #7,061, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Profil

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,061 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Profil, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…), Profil ranks #16 of 2,095 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Nook Digital, LLC 41 JCM American Corporation 41 Tokushima University 41 Shenzhen Verdewell Technology Limited 41

Profil's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	19.1%
2016	4	8.5%
2017	5	10.6%
2018	5	10.6%
2019	6	12.8%
2020	5	10.6%
2021	2	4.3%
2022	2	4.3%
2023	5	10.6%
2024	4	8.5%

Which technologies does Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 42

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 22

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 21

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 16

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 15

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 4

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 3

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 1

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 1

Top 14 of 14 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

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

Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 89.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #7,064 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG against OptiNose AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.0/100 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

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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