Where does Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN ranks #2,734 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 Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN hold?

Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN holds 142 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 121 technology areas.

What is Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN's Innovation Score?

Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN has an Innovation Score of 58.4 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN's recent grant velocity is +41% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN's patents?

Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN's patents average 16.9 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 Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN 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

Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN

Q: What technology areas does Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN focus on?

Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 38 patents. Grants appear in 121 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 142 granted patents across 121 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Technische ranks #2,734 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 142 patents across 121 technology areas.

#2,734
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.4/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: +41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2734 · Foreign Corporation #2,734 · 142 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 142 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,734/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Outdoor Wireless…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 121 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Outdoor Wireless Networks 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MicroStrategy… · near

58
Technische UNIVERSIT… · this assignee

58
The University of… · near

58
Sofradim Production · near

58
Webasto SE · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Technische's Innovation Score is 58.4/100 (top 5% 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.

How Technische's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN received 76 grants versus 54 in 2015–2019 (+41% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 21 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 6. Lead class A61K accounts for 26.8% of the portfolio across 121 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (#2,730) and Carl Zeiss AG (#2,738).

Technische's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN moved from 47 to 43 grants (0.92x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,425. See the growth leaderboard.

Outdoor Wireless…

142
PDF Solutions

142
Primetals Austria

142
Roblox

142
The George Washin…

142
Technische Univer… ◀

142
Amosense

141
Altec Industries

141
Carl Zeiss

141

What this shows Technische holds 142 patents at rank #2,734, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Technische

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,734 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Technische, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

The University of Miami 58 MicroStrategy Incorporated 58 Sofradim Production 58 Webasto SE 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Mitel Networks Corporation 16.9 avg Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. 16.9 avg Bombardier Inc. 16.9 avg Kongsberg Automotive AB 16.9 avg

Technische's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	4.2%
2016	15	10.6%
2017	10	7.0%
2018	9	6.3%
2019	14	9.9%
2020	18	12.7%
2021	15	10.6%
2022	21	14.8%
2023	11	7.7%
2024	11	7.7%
2025partial year	12	8.5%

Which technologies does Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 38

C07K - Peptides 32

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 30

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 23

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 17

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 5

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 5

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 4

Top 15 of 121 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,734

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 26.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #2,734 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN against Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.4/100 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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