Where does Andritz OY rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Andritz OY ranks #6,735 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 Andritz OY hold?

Andritz OY holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 46 technology areas.

What is Andritz OY's Innovation Score?

Andritz OY has an Innovation Score of 57.2 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Andritz OY's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Andritz OY's recent grant velocity is -41% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Andritz OY's patents?

Andritz OY's patents average 16.7 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 Andritz OY 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

Andritz OY

Q: What technology areas does Andritz OY focus on?

Andritz OY's top technology area is D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor) with 29 patents, ranking #8 of 161 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 46 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 46 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Andritz ranks #6,735 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 46 technology areas.

#6,735
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.2/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6735 · Foreign Corporation #6,735 · 49 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,735/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 4D Pharma Research
CPC-WIDE D21C · 46 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 4D Pharma Research Limited (±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 Andritz’s 57.2 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 13.5 pts (24%) Velocity 9.6 pts (17%) Breadth 24.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Andritz OY · this assignee

57
Hall Labs · near

57
Merit Medical Systems · near

57
Toyobo MC · near

57
ASC Engineered… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Andritz's Innovation Score is 57.2/100 (top 5% 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 Andritz?

Each dot is one of Andritz’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). Andritz’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Andritz's grants concentrate

Andritz OY is a focused PatentsView assignee: 46 CPC subclasses with 59.2% of grants classified under D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Andritz sits between 4D Pharma Research Limited and Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc..

Andritz's three-year grant acceleration

Andritz OY shows 13 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.

4D Pharma Research

49
A L M T

49
Agfa Graphics

49
Agjunction

49
Aplix

49
Astute Medical

49
Beyond Twenty

49
Bobrick Washroom…

49
Andritz OY ◀

49

What this shows Andritz holds 49 patents at rank #6,735, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Andritz

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,735 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substan…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Andritz, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substan…), Andritz ranks #8 of 161 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Toyobo MC Corporation 57 Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 57 Hall Labs LLC 57 ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC 57

Andritz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Andritz OY patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	10.2%
2016	4	8.2%
2017	8	16.3%
2018	4	8.2%
2019	6	12.2%
2020	1	2.0%
2021	2	4.1%
2022	4	8.2%
2023	3	6.1%
2024	6	12.2%
2025partial year	6	12.2%

Which technologies does Andritz OY patent most?

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 29

B01D - Separation 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 7

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 5

F23G - Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion 5

D21D - Treatment OF THE Materials Before Passing TO THE Paper-making Machine 4

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

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

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 3

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 3

D21B - Fibrous RAW Materials OR Their Mechanical Treatment 2

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

Top 15 of 46 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

Andritz OY's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Andritz OY's lead technology class is D21C (Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor), 59.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D21C
Ranked #6,735 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Andritz OY against 4D Pharma Research Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.2/100 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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