Where does Quantifoil Instruments GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Quantifoil Instruments GmbH ranks #42,540 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 Quantifoil Instruments GmbH hold?

Quantifoil Instruments GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Quantifoil Instruments GmbH's Innovation Score?

Quantifoil Instruments GmbH has an Innovation Score of 29.6 out of 100 (31st 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 Quantifoil Instruments GmbH focus on?

Quantifoil Instruments GmbH's top technology area is B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing) with 5 patents, ranking #178 of 1,218 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Quantifoil Instruments GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Quantifoil Instruments GmbH's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Quantifoil Instruments GmbH's patents?

Quantifoil Instruments GmbH's patents average 27.8 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 Quantifoil Instruments 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

Quantifoil Instruments GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Quantifoil ranks #42,540 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#42,540
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.6/100): 27.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42540 · Foreign Corporation #42,540 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,540/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qinghai Normal…
CPC-NARROW B01F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qinghai Normal University (±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 Quantifoil’s 29.6 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (27%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (51%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Communications Systems · near

30
Exeltis USA · near

30
Quantifoil Instruments · this assignee

30
TYK · near

30
WeSpeke · near

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Quantifoil's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (31st 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 Quantifoil?

Each dot is one of Quantifoil’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). Quantifoil’s own 27.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Quantifoil's grants concentrate

Quantifoil Instruments GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Quantifoil sits between Qinghai Normal University and QuiO Technologies LLC.

Qinghai Normal Un…

6
Quspin

6
Qualcomm Auto

6
Quality Time Solu…

6
Quantum Informati…

6
Quantum Spatial

6
Queen City Boxes

6
Quio

6
Quantifoil Instru… ◀

6

What this shows Quantifoil holds 6 patents at rank #42,516, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Quantifoil

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,516 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01F (Mixing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Quantifoil, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01F (Mixing), Quantifoil ranks #178 of 1,218 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (30 here).

WeSpeke, Inc. 30 Exeltis USA, Inc. 30 Communications Systems, Inc. 30 TYK Corporation 30

Quantifoil's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Quantifoil Instruments GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2016	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Quantifoil Instruments GmbH patent most?

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 3

B04B - Centrifuges 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Quantifoil Instruments GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Quantifoil Instruments GmbH's lead technology class is B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01F
Ranked #42,540 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Quantifoil Instruments GmbH against Qinghai Normal University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.6/100 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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