Where does Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG ranks #16,470 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 Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 15.8 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 Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG 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

Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 8 patents, ranking #855 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ulrich ranks #16,470 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 10 technology areas.

#16,470
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16470 · Foreign Corporation #16,470 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,470/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ubicquia IQ
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ubicquia IQ 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 Ulrich’s 31.9 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 10.2 pts (32%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 11.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ulrich & KG · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ulrich's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th 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 Ulrich?

Each dot is one of Ulrich’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). Ulrich’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ulrich's grants concentrate

Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Ulrich sits between USA Wheel and Tire Outlet, Inc. and Université Montpellier.

Ulrich's three-year grant acceleration

Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

USA Wheel and Tir…

18
USA as Represente…

18
Utac Thai

18
Ubicquia IQ

18
United States Gov…

18
Universiteit Utre…

18
Universität für B…

18
Université Montpe…

18
Ulrich & KG ◀

18

What this shows Ulrich holds 18 patents at rank #16,476, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ulrich

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,476 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Ulrich's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	27.8%
2017	3	16.7%
2018	3	16.7%
2019	2	11.1%
2020	2	11.1%
2021	2	11.1%
2023	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 8

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 4

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 1

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

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #16,470 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ulrich GmbH & Co. KG against USA Wheel and Tire Outlet, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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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