Where does Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG ranks #11,819 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 Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 30.7 out of 100 (35th 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 Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing) with 9 patents, ranking #12 of 82 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -70% 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 Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 4.6 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 Staedtler Mars 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

Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Staedtler ranks #11,819 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 13 technology areas.

#11,819
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.7/100): 4.6
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11819 · Foreign Corporation #11,819 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,819/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Samsung Electro-Meha…
CPC-FOCUS B43K · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samsung Electro-Mehanics Co., Ltd. (±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 Staedtler’s 30.7 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 11.4 pts (37%) Velocity 3.8 pts (12%) Breadth 12.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 2.7 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Plastpro 2000 · near

31
Radiant Vision Systems · near

31
Staedtler Mars & KG · this assignee

31
Princeton Technology · near

31
THE Folger Coffee · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Staedtler's Innovation Score is 30.7/100 (35th 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 Staedtler?

Each dot is one of Staedtler’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). Staedtler’s own 4.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Staedtler's grants concentrate

Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 34.6% of grants classified under B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Staedtler sits between Solazyme, Inc. and San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation.

Staedtler's three-year grant acceleration

Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG shows 4 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.

Solazyme

26
Solvay USA

26
Song Chuan Precis…

26
Soracom

26
Sunstar

26
Syncrude Canada i…

26
Samsung Electro-m…

26
San Diego State U…

26
Staedtler Mars &… ◀

26

What this shows Staedtler holds 26 patents at rank #11,805, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Staedtler

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,805 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Staedtler, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing), Staedtler ranks #12 of 82 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Plastpro 2000, Inc. 31 Radiant Vision Systems, LLC 31 Princeton Technology Corporation 31 THE Folger Coffee Company 31

Staedtler's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	15.4%
2017	7	26.9%
2018	4	15.4%
2019	5	19.2%
2020	1	3.8%
2021	1	3.8%
2022	4	15.4%

Which technologies does Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

B43K - Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing 9

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 8

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

B43L - Articles FOR Writing OR Drawing UPON; ; Writing OR Drawing AIDS;; Accessories FOR Writing OR Drawing 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing), 34.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B43K
Ranked #11,819 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Staedtler Mars GMBH & Co. KG against Solazyme, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.7/100 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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