Is Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V.'s recent grant velocity is -86% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V.

Q: Where does Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V. ranks #33,622 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V. 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 - 8 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thueringisches ranks #33,622 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 24 technology areas.

#33,622
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33622 · Foreign Corporation #33,622 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,622/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Think AND Vision
CPC-FOCUS C09K · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Think AND Vision GMBH (±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
Thueringisches… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thueringisches's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 46% 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.

Where Thueringisches's grants concentrate

Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Thueringisches sits between Think AND Vision GMBH and Till GMBH.

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What this shows Thueringisches holds 8 patents at rank #33,549, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thueringisches

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,549 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications)

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

Thueringisches's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	1	12.5%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	2	25.0%
2020	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V. patent most?

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 3

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

B01D - Separation 1

H01C - Resistors 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

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 1

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#33,622

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

36.4 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

Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V.'s lead technology class is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09K
Ranked #33,622 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- UND Kunstostoff-forschung E.V. against Think AND Vision GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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