Where does Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. ranks #17,307 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 Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. hold?

Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Ulma C Y E, S. Coop.'s Innovation Score?

Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. has an Innovation Score of 30.3 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ulma C Y E, S. Coop.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ulma C Y E, S. Coop.'s recent grant velocity is +43% 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 Ulma C Y E, S. Coop.'s patents?

Ulma C Y E, S. Coop.'s patents average 16.1 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 Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. 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

Ulma C Y E, S. Coop.

Q: What technology areas does Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. focus on?

Ulma C Y E, S. Coop.'s top technology area is E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings) with 17 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ulma ranks #17,307 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 7 technology areas.

#17,307
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.3/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17307 · Foreign Corporation #17,307 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,307/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH U-shin Deutschland…
CPC-NARROW E04G · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: U-shin Deutschland Zugangssysteme 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
Ulma C Y E S Coop · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ulma's Innovation Score is 30.3/100 (34th 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.

Where Ulma's grants concentrate

Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Ulma sits between U-shin Deutschland Zugangssysteme GMBH and Unique Product & Design Co., Ltd..

Ulma's three-year grant acceleration

Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

U-shin Deutschlan…

17
Uacj Foil

17
Ubtech North Amer…

17
Ugsi Solutions

17
Ultra Small Fibers

17
Ultramemory

17
Unik World Indust…

17
Unique Product &…

17
Ulma C Y E S Coop ◀

17

What this shows Ulma holds 17 patents at rank #17,303, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ulma

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,303 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04G (Scaffolding)

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

Ulma's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.8%
2016	1	5.9%
2018	2	11.8%
2019	2	11.8%
2020	7	41.2%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. patent most?

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 17

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 6

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 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

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 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#17,307

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.3 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

Ulma C Y E, S. Coop.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ulma C Y E, S. Coop.'s lead technology class is E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04G
Ranked #17,307 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ulma C Y E, S. Coop. against U-shin Deutschland Zugangssysteme GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.3/100 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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