Where does Duerr Systems AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Duerr Systems AG ranks #14,576 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 Duerr Systems AG hold?

Duerr Systems AG holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Duerr Systems AG's Innovation Score?

Duerr Systems AG has an Innovation Score of 38.7 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Duerr Systems AG focus on?

Duerr Systems AG's top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 11 patents, ranking #118 of 1,384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Duerr Systems AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Duerr Systems AG's recent grant velocity is -82% 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 Duerr Systems AG's patents?

Duerr Systems AG's patents average 19.4 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 Duerr Systems AG 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

Duerr Systems AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Duerr ranks #14,576 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 22 technology areas.

#14,576
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.7/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14576 · Foreign Corporation #14,576 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,576/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Digital Diagnostics
CPC-FOCUS B05B · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Digital Diagnostics 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 Duerr’s 38.7 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 10.5 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.6 pts (43%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Duerr Systems · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Duerr's Innovation Score is 38.7/100 (top 40% 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 Duerr?

Each dot is one of Duerr’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). Duerr’s own 19.4 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.

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

Where Duerr's grants concentrate

Duerr Systems AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 55% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Duerr sits between Digital Diagnostics Inc and EOTech, LLC.

Digital Diagnosti…

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Discovery

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Douglas Dynamics…

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Duality

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E V Offshore

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EBT Medical

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Elkem ASA

20
Eotech

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Duerr Systems ◀

20

What this shows Duerr holds 20 patents at rank #14,579, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Duerr

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,579 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Duerr's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Duerr Systems AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	9	45.0%
2017	4	20.0%
2018	4	20.0%
2020	2	10.0%
2021	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Duerr Systems AG patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 11

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 7

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 5

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 1

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F23R - Generating Combustion Products OF High Pressure OR High Velocity, e.g. Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers 1

F23D - Burners 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Duerr Systems AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Duerr Systems AG's lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 55% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #14,576 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Duerr Systems AG against Digital Diagnostics Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.7/100 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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