Where does Aurotec GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aurotec GMBH ranks #16,606 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 Aurotec GMBH hold?

Aurotec GMBH holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Aurotec GMBH's Innovation Score?

Aurotec GMBH has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Aurotec GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Aurotec GMBH's recent grant velocity is +43% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Aurotec GMBH's patents?

Aurotec GMBH's patents average 16.9 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 Aurotec 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

Aurotec GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Aurotec GMBH focus on?

Aurotec GMBH's top technology area is D01D (Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons) with 6 patents, ranking #39 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: D01D (Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aurotec ranks #16,606 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 29 technology areas.

#16,606
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: +43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16606 · Foreign Corporation #16,606 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,606/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abaco Drilling
CPC-FOCUS D01D · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abaco Drilling Technologies 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 Aurotec’s 41.4 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 10.0 pts (24%) Velocity 2.2 pts (5%) Breadth 19.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aurotec · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aurotec's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 Aurotec?

Each dot is one of Aurotec’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). Aurotec’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Aurotec's grants concentrate

Aurotec GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 35.3% of grants classified under D01D (Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Aurotec sits between Assa Abloy New Zealand Limited and Accel Performance Group LLC.

Aurotec's three-year grant acceleration

Aurotec GMBH shows 3 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.

Assa Abloy New Ze…

17
Astra Tech AB

17
Atago

17
Atex

17
Axenox

17
Abaco Drilling

17
Abbott Vascular

17
Accel Performance…

17
Aurotec ◀

17

What this shows Aurotec holds 17 patents at rank #16,572, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aurotec

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,572 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D01D (Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Art…)

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

Aurotec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Aurotec GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	1	5.9%
2017	3	17.6%
2019	2	11.8%
2020	2	11.8%
2021	5	29.4%
2024	3	17.6%

Which technologies does Aurotec GMBH patent most?

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 4

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

C01C - AMMONIA; CYANOGEN; Compounds Thereof 2

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 2

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 2

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 2

B01D - Separation 2

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 1

C10B - Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials 1

Top 15 of 29 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

Aurotec GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Aurotec GMBH's lead technology class is D01D (Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons), 35.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D01D
Ranked #16,606 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aurotec GMBH against Assa Abloy New Zealand Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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

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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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