Where does Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH ranks #12,713 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 Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH hold?

Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH's Innovation Score?

Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH focus on?

Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH's top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 24 patents, ranking #74 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH's recent grant velocity is +18% 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 Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH's patents?

Thinxxs Microtechnology 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 Thinxxs Microtechnology 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

Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thinxxs ranks #12,713 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 11 technology areas.

#12,713
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: +18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12713 · Foreign Corporation #12,713 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,713/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teledyne Flir…
CPC-FOCUS B01L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teledyne Flir Detection, Inc. (±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 Thinxxs’s 37.6 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 11.1 pts (30%) Velocity 5.9 pts (16%) Breadth 11.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Thinxxs's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 Thinxxs?

Each dot is one of Thinxxs’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). Thinxxs’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thinxxs's grants concentrate

Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Thinxxs sits between Teledyne Flir Detection, Inc. and Towa Corporation.

Thinxxs's three-year grant acceleration

Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

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What this shows Thinxxs holds 24 patents at rank #12,702, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thinxxs

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,702 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)

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

Thinxxs's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	25.0%
2017	1	4.2%
2019	4	16.7%
2021	5	20.8%
2022	6	25.0%
2023	1	4.2%
2024	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 24

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

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 4

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

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 2

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

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 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 11 of 11 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

Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH's lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #12,713 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thinxxs Microtechnology GMBH against Teledyne Flir Detection, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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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