Overall rank by patents
#10,503
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 19 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: C23C (COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAP).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, VON ranks #10,503 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 19 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R10503 · Foreign Corporation #10,503 · 30 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: United Laboratories International, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Cambrios Film Solutons · near
49 score
Maquet · near
49 score
Taiho Kogyo · near
49 score
VON Ardenne Asset & KG · this assignee
49 score
O2 Partners · near
49 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows VON Ardenne Asset Gmbh & Co KG stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #10,503 of 50,000; Innovation Score 49.2/100 sits in the top 15% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is United Laboratories International, Llc (±0 grants).
VON Ardenne Asset Gmbh & Co KG has been granted 30 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing VON Ardenne Asset Gmbh & Co KG at #10,503 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 19 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in C23C (COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAP). As a Foreign Corporation, VON Ardenne Asset Gmbh & Co KG is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, VON sits between United Laboratories International, Llc (30 patents, rank #10,497) and Wilson TOOL International Inc. (30 patents, rank #10,505) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 49.2/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 22 grants, compared with 3 in the 2015–2019 window, a +633% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. VON Ardenne Asset Gmbh & Co KG's 18.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 19 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
United Laboratories International, LLC
30 patents
University of Idaho
30 patents
VALCARE, INC.
30 patents
VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
30 patents
Verathon Inc.
30 patents
VirnetX, Inc.
30 patents
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT
30 patents
WILSON TOOL INTERNATIONAL INC.
30 patents
VON ARDENNE Asset GmbH & Co KG
30 patents
What this shows VON holds 30 patents at rank #10,501, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #10,501 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in VON's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for VON, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).
VON's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 6.7% |
| 2020 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 2021 | 3 | 10.0% |
| 2022 | 5 | 16.7% |
| 2023 | 4 | 13.3% |
| 2024 | 6 | 20.0% |
| 2025partial year | 5 | 16.7% |
Top 15 of 19 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#10,503
of 50,000 tracked assignees
49.2 out of 100
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