Where does Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH ranks #5,749 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 Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH hold?

Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH holds 59 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH's Innovation Score?

Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH's recent grant velocity is +19% 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 Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH's patents?

Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH's patents average 15.4 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 Contitech Transportbandsysteme 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

Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH

Q: What technology areas does Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH focus on?

Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 44 patents, ranking #33 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 59 granted patents across 36 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Contitech ranks #5,749 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 59 patents across 36 technology areas.

#5,749
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5749 · Foreign Corporation #5,749 · 59 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 59 grants
UPPER-Q #5,749/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ceramtec
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ceramtec GMBH (±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 Contitech’s 48.6 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 14.1 pts (29%) Velocity 4.0 pts (8%) Breadth 21.2 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Contitech Transportb… · this assignee

49
GE Healthcare · near

49
Intematix · near

49
LG CNS · near

49
The Ritsumeikan Trust · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Contitech's Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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 Contitech?

Each dot is one of Contitech’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). Contitech’s own 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Contitech's grants concentrate

Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 74.6% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Contitech sits between Ceramtec GMBH and Daishinku Corporation.

Contitech's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH moved from 25 to 15 grants (0.60x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Ceramtec

59
Cimpress Schweiz

59
Conagra Foods RDM

59
Connectwise

59
Cummins IP

59
Cummins-allison

59
D6

59
Daishinku

59
Contitech Transpo… ◀

59

What this shows Contitech holds 59 patents at rank #5,749, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Contitech

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,749 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Contitech, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices), Contitech ranks #33 of 1,746 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Intematix Corporation 49 LG CNS Co., Ltd. 49 The Ritsumeikan Trust 49 GE Healthcare Limited 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

Poclain Hydraulics Industrie 15.4 avg Enkris Semiconductor, Inc. 15.4 avg Etron Technology, Inc. 15.4 avg Egis Technology Inc. 15.4 avg

Contitech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% 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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Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	5.1%
2016	3	5.1%
2017	3	5.1%
2018	10	16.9%
2019	8	13.6%
2020	12	20.3%
2021	5	8.5%
2022	6	10.2%
2023	3	5.1%
2024	6	10.2%

Which technologies does Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 44

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 11

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 10

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 9

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 9

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 7

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 5

D07B - Ropes OR Cables IN General 4

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 4

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

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

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 15 of 36 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

Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 74.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #5,749 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Contitech Transportbandsysteme GmBH against Ceramtec GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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

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