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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG ranks #5,560 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 Patente GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG holds 62 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

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

Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 48.8 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 40 patents, ranking #783 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

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

Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +563% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 17.0 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 Patente 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 Patente GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 62 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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 #5,560 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 62 patents across 17 technology areas.

#5,560
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.8/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +563%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5560 · Foreign Corporation #5,560 · 62 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 62 grants
UPPER-Q #5,560/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teledyne Flir…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +563% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teledyne Flir Commercial Systems, Inc. (±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 Unify’s 48.8 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 14.3 pts (29%) Velocity 9.7 pts (20%) Breadth 14.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Avigilon · near

49
Cimpress Schweiz · near

49
Ossur HF · near

49
Trumpf Maschinen… · near

49
Unify Patente & KG · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Unify's Innovation Score is 48.8/100 (top 16% 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 Unify?

Each dot is one of Unify’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). Unify’s own 17.0 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Unify's grants concentrate

Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 64.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Unify sits between Trumpf Laser GMBH and Yakima Products, Inc..

Unify's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG moved from 24 to 35 grants (1.46x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Trumpf Laser

62
Teledyne Flir Com…

62
The Babcock & Wil…

62
Typhon Technology…

62
Wildcat Discovery

62
Yoke Industrial

62
Young Lighting Te…

62
Yakima Products

62
Unify Patente & KG ◀

62

What this shows Unify holds 62 patents at rank #5,558, 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 #5,558 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). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Unify ranks #783 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Trumpf Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG 49 Cimpress Schweiz GMBH 49 Avigilon Corporation 49 Ossur HF 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

East Carolina University 17.0 avg Polyvalor, Limited Partnership 17.0 avg UTI Inc. 17.0 avg RTC Industries, Inc. 17.0 avg

Unify's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	3.2%
2019	6	9.7%
2020	7	11.3%
2021	11	17.7%
2022	12	19.4%
2023	13	21.0%
2024	10	16.1%
2025partial year	1	1.6%

Which technologies does Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 40

H04M - Telephonic Communication 31

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

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 6

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 17 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

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

Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 64.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #5,560 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unify Patente GMBH & Co. KG against Trumpf Laser GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.8/100 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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