Where does Balluff GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Balluff GMBH ranks #4,321 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 Balluff GMBH hold?

Balluff GMBH holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 60 technology areas.

What is Balluff GMBH's Innovation Score?

Balluff GMBH has an Innovation Score of 54.1 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Balluff GMBH's recent grant velocity is -27% 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 Balluff GMBH's patents?

Balluff GMBH's patents average 16.8 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 Balluff 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

Balluff GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Balluff GMBH focus on?

Balluff GMBH's top technology area is G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 26 patents, ranking #33 of 1,381 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 60 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 60 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: G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT OT).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Balluff ranks #4,321 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 60 technology areas.

#4,321
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.1/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4321 · Foreign Corporation #4,321 · 82 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,321/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Airoha Technology
CPC-WIDE G01D · 60 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Airoha Technology Corp. (±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 Balluff’s 54.1 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 15.3 pts (28%) Velocity 3.8 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cnpc USA · near

54
Balluff · this assignee

54
Garmin Switzerland · near

54
Ninebot (CHANGZHOU)… · near

54
Tufts University · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Balluff's Innovation Score is 54.1/100 (top 8% 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 Balluff?

Each dot is one of Balluff’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). Balluff’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Balluff's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Balluff GMBH received 33 grants versus 45 in 2015–2019 (-27% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 15 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 4. Lead class G01D accounts for 31.7% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Appleton GRP LLC (#4,316) and Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd. (#4,324).

Balluff's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Balluff GMBH moved from 28 to 16 grants (0.57x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Appleton GRP

82
Airoha Technology

82
Andersen

82
Antares Pharma

82
Byk-chemie

82
Bedgear

82
CBS Interactive

82
Citizen Machinery

82
Balluff ◀

82

What this shows Balluff holds 82 patents at rank #4,320, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Balluff

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,320 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific Variable)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Balluff, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific Variable), Balluff ranks #33 of 1,381 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Tufts University 54 Garmin Switzerland GmbH 54 Ninebot (CHANGZHOU) Tech Co., Ltd. 54 Cnpc USA Corporation 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.8 here).

Hallmark Cards, Incorporated 16.8 avg Everi Payments Inc. 16.8 avg Innovation, LLC 16.8 avg Safran Seats USA LLC 16.8 avg

Balluff's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Balluff GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	13.4%
2016	4	4.9%
2017	4	4.9%
2018	15	18.3%
2019	11	13.4%
2020	11	13.4%
2021	6	7.3%
2022	5	6.1%
2023	6	7.3%
2024	5	6.1%
2025partial year	4	4.9%

Which technologies does Balluff GMBH patent most?

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 26

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 13

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

H03K - Pulse Technique 10

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 9

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 6

H04B - Transmission 5

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 5

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 4

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 4

Top 15 of 60 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

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Balluff GMBH's lead technology class is G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT OT), 31.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01D
Ranked #4,321 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Balluff GMBH against Appleton GRP LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.1/100 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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