Where does Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH ranks #12,194 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 Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH hold?

Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH's Innovation Score?

Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH has an Innovation Score of 31.7 out of 100 (39th 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 Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH focus on?

Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH's top technology area is D01H (Spinning OR Twisting) with 25 patents, ranking #3 of 36 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH's patents?

Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH's patents average 14.8 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 Rieter Ingolstadt 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

Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: D01H (Spinning OR Twisting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rieter ranks #12,194 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 10 technology areas.

#12,194
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.7/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12194 · Foreign Corporation #12,194 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,194/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rateze Remote Mgmt
CPC-FOCUS D01H · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rateze Remote Mgmt 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 Rieter’s 31.7 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 11.3 pts (36%) Velocity 0.4 pts (1%) Breadth 11.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bandai Namco Games · near

32
ChipMOS · near

32
Hilite Germany · near

32
Kezzler AS · near

32
Rieter Ingolstadt · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rieter's Innovation Score is 31.7/100 (39th 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 Rieter?

Each dot is one of Rieter’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). Rieter’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Rieter's grants concentrate

Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under D01H (Spinning OR Twisting). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Rieter sits between Rateze Remote Mgmt LLC and Roivios Limited.

Rieter's three-year grant acceleration

Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Rateze Remote Mgmt

25
Rehau +

25
Resman AS

25
Revlon Consumer P…

25
Rinnai America

25
Robotic Research

25
Rocky Research

25
Roivios

25
Rieter Ingolstadt ◀

25

What this shows Rieter holds 25 patents at rank #12,194, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rieter

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,194 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D01H (Spinning OR Twisting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rieter, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In D01H (Spinning OR Twisting), Rieter ranks #3 of 36 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Hilite Germany GmbH 32 ChipMOS Technologies Inc. 32 Bandai Namco Games Inc. 32 Kezzler AS 32

Rieter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.0%
2016	1	4.0%
2017	2	8.0%
2018	5	20.0%
2019	11	44.0%
2020	3	12.0%
2021	1	4.0%
2022	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH patent most?

D01H - Spinning OR Twisting 25

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 12

D01G - Preliminary Treatment OF Fibres, e.g. FOR Spinning 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH's lead technology class is D01H (Spinning OR Twisting), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D01H
Ranked #12,194 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH against Rateze Remote Mgmt LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.7/100 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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