Where does Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH ranks #4,356 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 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH hold?

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH's Innovation Score?

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH has an Innovation Score of 48.2 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH focus on?

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH's top technology area is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition) with 37 patents, ranking #11 of 331 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH's recent grant velocity is +228% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH's patents?

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH's patents average 12.1 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 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition 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

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 27 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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According to USPTO PatentsView, Rheinmetall ranks #4,356 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 27 technology areas.

#4,356
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.2/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: +228%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4356 · Foreign Corporation #4,356 · 82 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,356/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qualtrics
CPC-FOCUS F42B · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +228% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qualtrics, 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 Rheinmetall’s 48.2 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 15.3 pts (32%) Velocity 7.3 pts (15%) Breadth 18.4 pts (38%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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ALI Group S R L… · near

48
MCS Industries · near

48
Rheinmetall Waffe… · this assignee

48
Tescom · near

48
Tianma Japan · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rheinmetall's Innovation Score is 48.2/100 (top 17% 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 Rheinmetall?

Each dot is one of Rheinmetall’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). Rheinmetall’s own 12.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Rheinmetall's grants concentrate

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 45.1% of grants classified under F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Rheinmetall sits between Qualtrics, LLC and SkyBell Technologies, Inc..

Rheinmetall's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH moved from 32 to 35 grants (1.09x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Qualtrics

82
Reliaquest Holdin…

82
Reckitt Benckiser

82
Research Developm…

82
Rush University M…

82
South Dakota Boar…

82
Suteng Innovation…

82
Skybell

82
Rheinmetall Waffe… ◀

82

What this shows Rheinmetall holds 82 patents at rank #4,354, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rheinmetall

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,354 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rheinmetall, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F42B (Explosive Charges), Rheinmetall ranks #11 of 331 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

MCS Industries, Inc. 48 Tescom Corporation 48 ALI Group S.R.L.—CARPIGIANI 48 Tianma Japan, Ltd. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.1 here).

Nissha Co., Ltd. 12.1 avg Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd. 12.1 avg Nanolumens Acquisition, Inc. 12.1 avg ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 12.1 avg

Rheinmetall's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	7.3%
2016	2	2.4%
2018	2	2.4%
2019	8	9.8%
2020	10	12.2%
2021	14	17.1%
2022	12	14.6%
2023	16	19.5%
2024	7	8.5%
2025partial year	5	6.1%

Which technologies does Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 37

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 29

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 15

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 13

F41F - Apparatus FOR Launching Projectiles OR Missiles From Barrels, e.g. Cannons ; Launchers FOR Rockets OR TORPEDOES; Harpoon Guns 6

F41J - TARGETS; Target RANGES; Bullet Catchers 5

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 5

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 3

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 3

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 2

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 1

C22C - Alloys 1

Top 15 of 27 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH's lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 45.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #4,356 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH against Qualtrics, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.2/100 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

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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

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