Where does CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH ranks #39,477 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 CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH hold?

CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH's Innovation Score?

CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH has an Innovation Score of 24.7 out of 100 (15th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH's patents?

CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH's patents average 13.3 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 CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs 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

CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH

Q: What technology areas does CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH focus on?

CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH's top technology area is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering) with 6 patents, ranking #277 of 1,250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, CL ranks #39,477 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 8 technology areas.

#39,477
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.7/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39477 · Foreign Corporation #39,477 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,477/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cigent Technology
CPC-NARROW B33Y · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cigent Technology, 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.

How CL’s 24.7 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 6.7 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CL Schutzrechtsverwa… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows CL's Innovation Score is 24.7/100 (15th percentile 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 CL?

Each dot is one of CL’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). CL’s own 13.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where CL's grants concentrate

CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, CL sits between Cigent Technology, Inc. and Cleveland Electric Laboratories.

Cigent Technology

6
Cipherlab

6
Cirel Systems Pri…

6
Citifyd

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Clean Wave

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Cleanr

6
Cleanspace IP PTY

6
Cleveland Electri…

6
CL Schutzrechtsve… ◀

6

What this shows CL holds 6 patents at rank #39,379, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CL

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,379 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B33Y (Additive Manufacturing)

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

CL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	50.0%
2019	2	33.3%
2021	1	16.7%

Which technologies does CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH patent most?

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 6

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 6

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH's lead technology class is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B33Y
Ranked #39,477 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CL Schutzrechtsverwaltungs GMBH against Cigent Technology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.7/100 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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