Where does Universitat Kassel rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universitat Kassel ranks #25,469 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 Universitat Kassel hold?

Universitat Kassel holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Universitat Kassel's Innovation Score?

Universitat Kassel has an Innovation Score of 44.1 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Universitat Kassel focus on?

Universitat Kassel's top technology area is H01F (MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties) with 3 patents, ranking #465 of 1,360 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Universitat Kassel's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universitat Kassel's recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Universitat Kassel's patents?

Universitat Kassel's patents average 13.8 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 Universitat Kassel 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

Universitat Kassel

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: H01F (MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universitat ranks #25,469 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 27 technology areas.

#25,469
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.1/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25469 · Foreign Corporation #25,469 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,469/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Universidad de…
CPC-FOCUS H01F · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Universidad de Antioquia (±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 Universitat’s 44.1 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 8.6 pts (19%) Velocity 8.9 pts (20%) Breadth 18.4 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Universitat Kassel · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universitat's Innovation Score is 44.1/100 (top 26% 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 Universitat?

Each dot is one of Universitat’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). Universitat’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Universitat's grants concentrate

Universitat Kassel is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 27.3% of grants classified under H01F (MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Universitat sits between Universidad de Antioquia and University of Kent.

Universitat's three-year grant acceleration

Universitat Kassel shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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Universitat Kassel ◀

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What this shows Universitat holds 11 patents at rank #25,457, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Universitat

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,457 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01F (Magnets)

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

Universitat's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Universitat Kassel patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2017	2	18.2%
2018	1	9.1%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	3	27.3%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Universitat Kassel patent most?

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 2

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

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 1

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 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

Top 15 of 27 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

Universitat Kassel's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universitat Kassel's lead technology class is H01F (MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties), 27.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01F
Ranked #25,469 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universitat Kassel against Universidad de Antioquia, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.1/100 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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