Where does VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG ranks #10,503 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 VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG hold?

VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG's Innovation Score?

VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG has an Innovation Score of 49.2 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG's recent grant velocity is +633% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG's patents?

VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG's patents average 18.0 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 VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG 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

VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG

Q: What technology areas does VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG focus on?

VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG's top technology area is 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 Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General) with 24 patents, ranking #117 of 1,658 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, VON ranks #10,503 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 19 technology areas.

#10,503
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.2/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +633%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,503/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH United Laboratories…
CPC-FOCUS C23C · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +633% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How VON’s 49.2 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 11.9 pts (24%) Velocity 11.1 pts (23%) Breadth 15.4 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cambrios Film Solutons · near

49
Maquet · near

49
Taiho Kogyo · near

49
VON Ardenne Asset & KG · this assignee

49
O2 Partners · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows VON's Innovation Score is 49.2/100 (top 15% 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 VON?

Each dot is one of VON’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). VON’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where VON's grants concentrate

VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, VON sits between United Laboratories International, LLC and Wilson Tool International Inc..

VON's three-year grant acceleration

VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

United Laboratori…

30
University of Ida…

30
Valcare

30
Vemag Maschinenbau

30
Verathon

30
Virnetx

30
Wageningen Univer…

30
Wilson Tool Inter…

30
VON Ardenne Asset… ◀

30

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.

Companies ranked near VON

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,501 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for VON, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C23C (Coating Metallic Material), VON ranks #117 of 1,658 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Maquet GMBH 49 Cambrios Film Solutons Corporation 49 Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd. 49 O2 Partners, LLC 49

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 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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VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG patent most?

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 Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 24

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 11

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 8

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 3

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

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

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

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 15 of 19 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

VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG's lead technology class is 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), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #10,503 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VON Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co KG against United Laboratories International, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.2/100 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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