Where does Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen ranks #21,972 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 Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen hold?

Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen's Innovation Score?

Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen has an Innovation Score of 43.4 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen's patents?

Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen's patents average 24.0 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 Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen 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

Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen

Q: What technology areas does Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen focus on?

Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen's top technology area is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof) with 6 patents, ranking #444 of 1,541 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 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: H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universitaet ranks #21,972 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 17 technology areas.

#21,972
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.4/100): 24.0
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21972 · Foreign Corporation #21,972 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,972/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Union Optech
CPC-FOCUS H02M · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Union Optech Co., Ltd. (±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 Universitaet’s 43.4 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 9.1 pts (21%) Velocity 5.3 pts (12%) Breadth 14.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Universitaet's Innovation Score is 43.4/100 (top 28% 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 Universitaet?

Each dot is one of Universitaet’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). Universitaet’s own 24.0 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.

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

Where Universitaet's grants concentrate

Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Universitaet sits between Utility Associates, Inc. and Valor Fire Safety, LLC..

Universitaet's three-year grant acceleration

Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Utility Associates

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Unizeo

13
Union Optech

13
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Urogen Pharma

13
Urugus

13
Vadovations

13
Valor Fire Safety

13
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13

What this shows Universitaet holds 13 patents at rank #21,978, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Universitaet

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,978 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC)

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

Universitaet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% 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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Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.7%
2019	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	3	23.1%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	3	23.1%
2025partial year	3	23.1%

Which technologies does Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen patent most?

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 5

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

H04B - Transmission 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 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

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Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen's lead technology class is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;), 46.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02M
Ranked #21,972 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen against Utility Associates, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.4/100 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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