Where does Volocopter GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Volocopter GmbH ranks #9,403 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 Volocopter GmbH hold?

Volocopter GmbH holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Volocopter GmbH's Innovation Score?

Volocopter GmbH has an Innovation Score of 58.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Volocopter GmbH focus on?

Volocopter GmbH's top technology area is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters) with 27 patents, ranking #64 of 592 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Volocopter GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Volocopter GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for Volocopter GmbH's patents?

Volocopter GmbH's patents average 17.6 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 Volocopter GmbH 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

Volocopter GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Volocopter ranks #9,403 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 20 technology areas.

#9,403
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.7/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9403 · Foreign Corporation #9,403 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,403/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Unanimous A I
CPC-FOCUS B64C · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Unanimous A. I., 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 Volocopter’s 58.7 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 12.3 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 15.8 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AFL Telecommunications · near

59
Axis AB · near

59
Fujikura · near

59
Titan3 Technology · near

59
Volocopter · this assignee

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Volocopter's Innovation Score is 58.7/100 (top 4% 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 Volocopter?

Each dot is one of Volocopter’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). Volocopter’s own 17.6 claims/patent is at or below the 19.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Volocopter's grants concentrate

Volocopter GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 79.4% of grants classified under B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Volocopter sits between Unanimous A. I., Inc. and Woven by Toyota, Inc..

Volocopter's three-year grant acceleration

Volocopter GmbH shows 27 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.

Unanimous A I

34
Vektor Medical

34
VEO Robotics

34
Veracode

34
Vonage Network

34
White Swell Medic…

34
Wisig Networks Pr…

34
Woven by Toyota

34
Volocopter ◀

34

What this shows Volocopter holds 34 patents at rank #9,403, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Volocopter

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,403 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64C (Aeroplanes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Volocopter, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B64C (Aeroplanes), Volocopter ranks #64 of 592 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Titan3 Technology LLC 59 AFL Telecommunications LLC 59 Axis AB 59 Fujikura Ltd. 59

Volocopter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Volocopter GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	2.9%
2021	2	5.9%
2022	2	5.9%
2023	16	47.1%
2024	9	26.5%
2025partial year	4	11.8%

Which technologies does Volocopter GmbH patent most?

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 27

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 23

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 18

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 8

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 7

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 6

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 3

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

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

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 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

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

Top 15 of 20 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

Volocopter GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Volocopter GmbH's lead technology class is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters), 79.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64C
Ranked #9,403 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Volocopter GmbH against Unanimous A. I., Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.7/100 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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