Where does Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH ranks #17,520 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 Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH hold?

Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH's Innovation Score?

Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH has an Innovation Score of 46.4 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH focus on?

Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH's top technology area is F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings) with 7 patents, ranking #98 of 753 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH's recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH's patents?

Bruss Sealing Systems 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 Bruss Sealing Systems 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

Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 14 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: F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bruss ranks #17,520 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 14 technology areas.

#17,520
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.4/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17520 · Foreign Corporation #17,520 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,520/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Brahm Holdings
CPC-FOCUS F16J · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Brahm Holdings, 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 Bruss’s 46.4 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 9.8 pts (21%) Velocity 13.3 pts (29%) Breadth 13.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bruss Sealing Systems · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bruss's Innovation Score is 46.4/100 (top 21% 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 Bruss?

Each dot is one of Bruss’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). Bruss’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bruss's grants concentrate

Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 43.8% of grants classified under F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Bruss sits between Brahm Holdings, LLC and BWT Holding GmbH.

Bruss's three-year grant acceleration

Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Brahm Holdings

16
Bread Financial P…

16
Brivaplast S R L

16
Brunson Instrument

16
Bujeon

16
Bulk Tank

16
Butler Engineerin…

16
BWT Holding

16
Bruss Sealing Sys… ◀

16

What this shows Bruss holds 16 patents at rank #17,498, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bruss

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,498 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16J (Pistons)

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

Bruss's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 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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Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	12.5%
2019	2	12.5%
2020	1	6.3%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	2	12.5%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	5	31.3%

Which technologies does Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH patent most?

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 7

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 5

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F02F - Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

F16H - Gearing 1

B01D - Separation 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH's lead technology class is F16J (Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings), 43.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16J
Ranked #17,520 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bruss Sealing Systems GMBH against Brahm Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.4/100 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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