Where does USM Holding AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), USM Holding AG ranks #30,523 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 USM Holding AG hold?

USM Holding AG holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is USM Holding AG's Innovation Score?

USM Holding AG has an Innovation Score of 23.4 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is USM Holding AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

USM Holding AG's recent grant velocity is -87% 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 USM Holding AG's patents?

USM Holding AG's patents average 8.0 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 USM Holding AG 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

USM Holding AG

Q: What technology areas does USM Holding AG focus on?

USM Holding AG's top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, USM ranks #30,523 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 9 technology areas.

#30,523
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.4/100): 8.0
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30523 · Foreign Corporation #30,523 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,523/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Unconventional Gas…
CPC-NARROW A47B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Unconventional Gas Solutions, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allergy Research Group · near

23
Casper Sleep · near

23
Chelsea Building… · near

23
USM Holding · this assignee

23
Dermapharm · near

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows USM's Innovation Score is 23.4/100 (12th 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.

Where USM's grants concentrate

USM Holding AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, USM sits between University OF Essex Enterprises Limited and UnifabriX Ltd..

University OF Ess…

9
University OF Pit…

9
UniversitÄTsklini…

9
USA Industries

9
Utility Solutions

9
UZ Technology (Sh…

9
Unconventional Ga…

9
Unifabrix

9
USM Holding ◀

9

What this shows USM holds 9 patents at rank #30,476, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near USM

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,476 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

Dermapharm AG 23 Casper Sleep Inc. 23 Chelsea Building Products, Inc. 23 Allergy Research Group, LLC 23

USM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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USM Holding AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	44.4%
2016	2	22.2%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	1	11.1%

Which technologies does USM Holding AG patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 5

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

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#30,523

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

23.4 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

USM Holding AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

USM Holding AG's lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #30,523 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare USM Holding AG against University OF Essex Enterprises Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.4/100 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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