Hoefer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Public patent records for Hoefer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB, 1978–2025: 4,080 patent families shared with other firms for 302 clients (applicants). Sign in to explore the app’s partner network, selected filing periods, filing activity, and client relationships.
- Patent families shared with other firms
- 4,080
- 1978–2025. One family can be counted more than once.
- Activity 2016–2020
- 656
- Distinct families per year, summed over the last five complete years. 2021 onward is still being published.
- Clients (applicants)
- 302
- Applicants named on these families, all recorded years. Not a full client list.
- Firms shown below
- 4
Activity trend (2017–2026)
- Scope
- Hoefer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB · Europe
- Filing years
- 2017–2025
- Unit
- Distinct families per year
2021–2026 are preliminary. Patent filings publish about 18 months after filing, and foreign filings can enter later, so these counts are still filling in.
Each family counts once within a year. A family may recur in multiple years.
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| Year | Distinct families per year |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 157 |
| 2018 | 105 |
| 2019 | 123 |
| 2020 | 93 |
| 2021 · preliminary | 103 |
| 2022 · preliminary | 95 |
| 2023 · preliminary | 56 |
| 2024 · preliminary | 10 |
| 2025 · preliminary | 1 |
Technology fields it focuses on
Fields where this firm's share of patent families is well above the average for Europe firms, 2018–2022.
| Field | Share of its families | vs Europe average |
|---|---|---|
| Controlling combustion enginesIPC/CPC F02D | 4.5% | 17.4× |
| GearingIPC/CPC F16H | 5.6% | 9.3× |
| Arrangement or mounting of propulsion units or of transmissions in vehicles; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers in vehicles; auxiliary drives for vehicles; instrumentation or dashboards for vehicles; arrangements in connection with cooling, air intake, gas exhaust or fuel supply of propulsion units in vehiclesIPC/CPC B60K | 8.2% | 8.7× |
| Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function; control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unitIPC/CPC B60W | 6.8% | 7.1× |
| 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 vehicles; electric safety devices for electrically-propelled vehiclesIPC/CPC B60L | 6.8% | 6.6× |
Yearly counts for 2018–2022, added up: 1,108 of 1,172 families carry an IPC or CPC classification. Shares are of those classified families, and one family can fall in several fields.
Frequently associated firms
Firms that most often appear on the same patent families. One family can be counted more than once, so these are not unique totals.
Similar Europe firms
Yearly counts since 1990, added up. One family can be counted more than once.
- Müller Hoffmann & Partner4,119 shared patent families
- Elkington and Fife LLP4,133 shared patent families
- SSM Sandmair3,979 shared patent families
- Patent Outsourcing3,969 shared patent families
- FRKelly3,956 shared patent families
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