Where does Uhde GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Uhde GMBH ranks #38,075 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 Uhde GMBH hold?

Uhde GMBH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Uhde GMBH's Innovation Score?

Uhde GMBH has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (41st 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 Uhde GMBH focus on?

Uhde GMBH's top technology area is C10B (Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials) with 3 patents, ranking #48 of 152 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Uhde GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Uhde GMBH's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Uhde GMBH's patents?

Uhde GMBH's patents average 24.1 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 Uhde 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

Uhde GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: C10B (Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Uhde ranks #38,075 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 9 technology areas.

#38,075
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38075 · Foreign Corporation #38,075 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,075/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ubeeairwalk
CPC-NARROW C10B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ubeeairwalk, 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.

How Uhde’s 32.3 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 7.2 pts (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Uhde · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Uhde's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st 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 Uhde?

Each dot is one of Uhde’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). Uhde’s own 24.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Uhde's grants concentrate

Uhde GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under C10B (Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Uhde sits between Ubeeairwalk, LLC and Unicyte EV AG.

Ubeeairwalk

7
UD Innovations

7
UDA

7
Ugolini SPA

7
UHV

7
Ulvac Kiko

7
Uniam

7
Unicyte EV

7
Uhde ◀

7

What this shows Uhde holds 7 patents at rank #38,047, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Uhde

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,047 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10B (Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Pr…)

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

Uhde's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Uhde GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	85.7%
2016	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Uhde GMBH patent most?

C10B - Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials 3

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

C01C - AMMONIA; CYANOGEN; Compounds Thereof 1

F23D - Burners 1

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 1

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

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

Uhde GMBH's lead technology class is C10B (Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10B
Ranked #38,075 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Uhde GMBH against Ubeeairwalk, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.3/100 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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