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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unify GmbH & Co. KG ranks #1,598 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 Unify GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Unify GmbH & Co. KG holds 259 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 20 technology areas.

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

Unify GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Unify GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -77% 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 Unify GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Unify GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 18.2 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 Unify 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

Unify GmbH & Co. KG

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

Unify GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 172 patents. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 259 granted patents across 20 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Unify ranks #1,598 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 259 patents across 20 technology areas.

#1,598
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1598 · Foreign Corporation #1,598 · 259 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 259 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,598/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH King Abdulaziz City…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (±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
Cognizant Technology… · near

47
Muhr UND Bender KG · near

47
Nomura Research… · near

47
Unify & KG · this assignee

47
University OF THE… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Unify's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 20% 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 Unify's grants concentrate

Unify GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 66.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (47 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Unify sits between King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology and GE Healthcare Bio-Science AB.

Unify's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Unify GmbH & Co. KG moved from 86 to 8 grants (0.09x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,183. See the growth leaderboard.

King Abdulaziz Ci…

259
Momentive Perform…

259
Sony Computer Ent…

259
Thermo Finnigan

259
Workday

259
Unify & KG ◀

259
Box

258
CSC Holdings

258
GE Healthcare Bio…

258

What this shows Unify holds 259 patents at rank #1,598, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Unify

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,598 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Unify, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. 47 Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation 47 Muhr UND Bender KG 47 University OF THE Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Cummins Filtration IP, Inc. 18.2 avg Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. 18.2 avg Arm Limited 18.2 avg Sequenom, Inc. 18.2 avg

Unify's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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Unify GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	31	12.0%
2016	45	17.4%
2017	47	18.1%
2018	42	16.2%
2019	46	17.8%
2020	37	14.3%
2021	3	1.2%
2022	6	2.3%
2023	2	0.8%

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

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 172

H04M - Telephonic Communication 101

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 64

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 57

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 33

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 19

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 9

H04Q - Selecting 9

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 8

H04J - Multiplex Communication 6

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 3

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,598

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.5 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

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

Unify GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 66.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,598 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unify GmbH & Co. KG against King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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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