Where does Dürr Somac GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dürr Somac GmbH ranks #17,623 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 Dürr Somac GmbH hold?

Dürr Somac GmbH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Dürr Somac GmbH's Innovation Score?

Dürr Somac GmbH has an Innovation Score of 29.1 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Dürr Somac GmbH focus on?

Dürr Somac GmbH's top technology area is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 11 patents, ranking #45 of 469 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dürr Somac GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dürr Somac GmbH's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Dürr Somac GmbH's patents?

Dürr Somac GmbH's patents average 5.5 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 Dürr Somac 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

Dürr Somac GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dürr ranks #17,623 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 17 technology areas.

#17,623
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.1/100): 5.5
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17623 · Foreign Corporation #17,623 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,623/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dräger Medical
CPC-FOCUS B67D · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dräger Medical 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 Dürr’s 29.1 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 9.8 pts (34%) Velocity 1.5 pts (5%) Breadth 14.6 pts (50%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dürr Somac · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dürr's Innovation Score is 29.1/100 (30th 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 Dürr?

Each dot is one of Dürr’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). Dürr’s own 5.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Dürr's grants concentrate

Dürr Somac GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Dürr sits between Drew Technologies, Inc. and Edst, LLC.

Dürr's three-year grant acceleration

Dürr Somac GmbH shows 2 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.

Drew

16
Dräger Medical

16
Dugan Patents

16
Dynamic Network S…

16
E J Brooks

16
Eads Construccion…

16
Econtrols

16
Edst

16
Dürr Somac ◀

16

What this shows Dürr holds 16 patents at rank #17,622, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dürr

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,622 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Dürr's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Dürr Somac GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	6.3%
2018	2	12.5%
2019	7	43.8%
2021	2	12.5%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Dürr Somac GmbH patent most?

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 9

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 5

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 3

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Dürr Somac GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dürr Somac GmbH's lead technology class is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67D
Ranked #17,623 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dürr Somac GmbH against Drew Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.1/100 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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