Where does Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG ranks #1,230 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 Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG hold?

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG holds 345 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 71 technology areas.

What is Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG's Innovation Score?

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG has an Innovation Score of 61.8 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG focus on?

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG's top technology area is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume) with 279 patents, ranking #1 of 1,205 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 71 CPC subclasses total.

Is Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG's recent grant velocity is +64% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG's patents?

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG's patents average 16.6 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 Endress+Hauser Flowtec 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

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 345 granted patents across 71 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Endress+hauser ranks #1,230 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 345 patents across 71 technology areas.

#1,230
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.8/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1230 · Foreign Corporation #1,230 · 345 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 345 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,230/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vanguard Internation…
CPC-WIDE G01F · 71 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (±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 Endress+hauser’s 61.8 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 20.2 pts (33%) Velocity 6.7 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allison Transmission · near

62
Cooper-Standard… · near

62
Endress+Hauser Flowtec · this assignee

62
Panduit · near

62
SambaNova Systems · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Endress+hauser's Innovation Score is 61.8/100 (top 3% 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 Endress+hauser?

Each dot is one of Endress+hauser’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). Endress+hauser’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Endress+hauser's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG received 199 grants versus 121 in 2015–2019 (+64% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 46 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 19. Lead class G01F accounts for 80.9% of the portfolio across 71 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Tusimple, Inc. (#1,226) and Nagravision Sarl (#1,234).

Endress+hauser's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG moved from 115 to 115 grants (1.00x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,182. See the growth leaderboard.

Tusimple

347
Aisan Kogyo

346
Cognex

346
Iucf-hyu (Industr…

346
Vanguard Internat…

345
Endress+Hauser Fl… ◀

345
Agco

344
Fujian Jinhua Int…

344
Nagravision Sarl

344

What this shows Endress+Hauser holds 345 patents at rank #1,230, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Endress+Hauser

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,230 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01F (Measuring Volume)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Endress+Hauser's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Endress+Hauser, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01F (Measuring Volume), Endress+Hauser ranks #1 of 1,205 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Allison Transmission, Inc. 62 Panduit Corp. 62 SambaNova Systems, Inc. 62 Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.6 here).

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 16.6 avg Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd. 16.6 avg Cleversafe, Inc. 16.6 avg University OF North Texas 16.6 avg

Endress+hauser's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	28	8.1%
2016	23	6.7%
2017	20	5.8%
2018	19	5.5%
2019	31	9.0%
2020	41	11.9%
2021	43	12.5%
2022	28	8.1%
2023	41	11.9%
2024	46	13.3%
2025partial year	25	7.2%

Which technologies does Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG patent most?

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 279

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 81

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 22

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 15

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 14

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 10

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 8

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 6

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 6

Top 15 of 71 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

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG's lead technology class is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume), 80.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01F
Ranked #1,230 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG against Tusimple, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.8/100 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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