Where does Rieke LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rieke LLC ranks #9,603 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 Rieke LLC hold?

Rieke LLC holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Rieke LLC's Innovation Score?

Rieke LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rieke LLC focus on?

Rieke LLC's top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 15 patents, ranking #83 of 1,384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rieke LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rieke LLC's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 Rieke LLC's patents?

Rieke LLC's patents average 17.0 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 Rieke LLC 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 US Corporation

Rieke LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 17 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rieke ranks #9,603 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 17 technology areas.

#9,603
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9603 · US Corporation #9,603 · 33 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,603/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qilu University of…
CPC-FOCUS B05B · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qilu University of Technology (±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 Rieke’s 46.5 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 12.2 pts (26%) Velocity 9.5 pts (20%) Breadth 14.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nihon University · near

47
AHLSTROM-MUNKSJÖ OYJ · near

47
Prinoth S P A · near

47
Rieke · this assignee

47
TCL Research America · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rieke's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 21% 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 Rieke?

Each dot is one of Rieke’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). Rieke’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Rieke's grants concentrate

Rieke LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Rieke sits between Qilu University of Technology and RUG Doctor, LLC.

Rieke's three-year grant acceleration

Rieke LLC shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Qilu University o…

33
RBW Studio

33
Redbox Automated…

33
Richter Gedeon Ny…

33
RMH Tech

33
Rockwool A/S

33
Rolic

33
RUG Doctor

33
Rieke ◀

33

What this shows Rieke holds 33 patents at rank #9,599, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rieke

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,599 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rieke, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B05B (Spraying Apparatus), Rieke ranks #83 of 1,384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Prinoth S.P.A. 47 AHLSTROM-MUNKSJÖ OYJ 47 TCL Research America Inc. 47 Nihon University 47

Rieke's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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Rieke LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	18.2%
2016	5	15.2%
2017	1	3.0%
2018	2	6.1%
2019	2	6.1%
2020	4	12.1%
2021	1	3.0%
2022	5	15.2%
2023	3	9.1%
2024	2	6.1%
2025partial year	2	6.1%

Which technologies does Rieke LLC patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 15

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 14

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 6

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 3

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 2

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 1

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Rieke LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rieke LLC's lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #9,603 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rieke LLC against Qilu University of Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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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