Where does Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG ranks #43,314 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 Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG hold?

Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG's Innovation Score?

Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG has an Innovation Score of 46.0 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG.

What does claim depth mean for Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG's patents?

Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG's patents average 14.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG

Q: What technology areas does Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG focus on?

Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG's top technology area is 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) with 5 patents, ranking #1,113 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Stefan ranks #43,314 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 9 technology areas.

#43,314
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.0/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43314 · Foreign Corporation #43,314 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,314/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH State Grid Electric…
CPC-NARROW B29C · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: State Grid Electric Power Rerearch Institute 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 Stefan’s 46.0 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 (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 10.6 pts (23%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Stefan Pfaff… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Stefan's Innovation Score is 46.0/100 (top 22% 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 Stefan?

Each dot is one of Stefan’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). Stefan’s own 14.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Stefan's grants concentrate

Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Stefan sits between State Grid Electric Power Rerearch Institute Co. Ltd and Step Energy Services Ltd..

Stefan's three-year grant acceleration

Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

State Grid Electr…

6
State Grid Jibei…

6
State Grid Shando…

6
Steer Engineering…

6
Steinco Paul vom…

6
Steiner eoptics

6
Stella Lighting

6
Step Energy Servi…

6
Stefan Pfaff Werk… ◀

6

What this shows Stefan holds 6 patents at rank #42,993, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Stefan

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,993 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Stefan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	16.7%
2022	2	33.3%
2023	2	33.3%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG patent most?

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 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 1

F16H - Gearing 1

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 1

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG's lead technology class is 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), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #43,314 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Stefan Pfaff Werkzeug- UND Formenbau GMBH & Co KG against State Grid Electric Power Rerearch Institute Co. Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.0/100 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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