Where does 4activesystems Gmbh rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 4activesystems Gmbh ranks #22,101 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does 4activesystems Gmbh hold?

4activesystems Gmbh holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is 4activesystems Gmbh's Innovation Score?

4activesystems Gmbh has an Innovation Score of 33.9 out of 100 (top 54% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is 4activesystems Gmbh's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

4activesystems Gmbh's recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for 4activesystems Gmbh's patents?

4activesystems Gmbh's patents average 17.3 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 4activesystems 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

4activesystems Gmbh

Q: What technology areas does 4activesystems Gmbh focus on?

4activesystems Gmbh's top technology area is G01M (TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR) with 10 patents. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01M (TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 4activesystems ranks #22,101 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 15 technology areas.

#22,101
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 54%
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22101 · Foreign Corporation #22,101 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,101/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH 3D Bridge Solutions
CPC-FOCUS G01M · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 3D Bridge Solutions 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
4activesystems · this assignee

34
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows 4activesystems's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (top 54% 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 4activesystems's grants concentrate

4activesystems Gmbh is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G01M (TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, 4activesystems sits between 3D Bridge Solutions Inc. and 9172-9863 Quebec Inc..

3D Bridge Solutio…

12
3G Licensing

12
3Y Power Technolo…

12
460medical

12
6D Bytes

12
802 Secure

12
908 Devices

12
9172-9863 Quebec

12
4activesystems ◀

12

What this shows 4activesystems holds 12 patents at rank #22,101, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 4activesystems

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,101 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR Structures)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 4activesystems's primary technology class.

4activesystems's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 Top 54% higher than 46% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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4activesystems Gmbh patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2021	6	50.0%
2024	1	8.3%
2025partial year	2	16.7%

Which technologies does 4activesystems Gmbh patent most?

G01M - TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 10

G09B - EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS 3

B62D - MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS 2

B60B - VEHICLE WHEELS ; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION 2

B62K - CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE 2

B60Q - ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL 1

F21S - NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS 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

B62J - CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS 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

G01P - MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT 1

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 1

C06C - DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES; FUSES ; CHEMICAL LIGHTERS; PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS 1

C06B - EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS ; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES 1

F42B - EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,101

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

33.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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