Where does ExOne GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ExOne GmbH ranks #10,610 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 ExOne GmbH hold?

ExOne GmbH holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is ExOne GmbH's Innovation Score?

ExOne GmbH has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ExOne GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ExOne GmbH's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 ExOne GmbH's patents?

ExOne GmbH's patents average 13.4 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 ExOne 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

ExOne GmbH

Q: What technology areas does ExOne GmbH focus on?

ExOne 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 29 patents, ranking #77 of 1,250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 21 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: 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, Exone ranks #10,610 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 21 technology areas.

#10,610
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10610 · Foreign Corporation #10,610 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,610/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eagle Pharmaceuticals
CPC-FOCUS B33Y · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eagle Pharmaceuticals, 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 Exone’s 40.9 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 11.7 pts (29%) Velocity 4.8 pts (12%) Breadth 16.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Britax Römer… · near

41
Creator · near

41
ExOne · this assignee

41
NextLabs · near

41
Nissha Printing · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Exone's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 Exone?

Each dot is one of Exone’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). Exone’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Exone's grants concentrate

ExOne GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 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 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Exone sits between Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Fiat Group Automobiles S.P.A..

Exone's three-year grant acceleration

ExOne GmbH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Eagle Pharmaceuti…

29
Controls

29
Elisa Oyj

29
Engeneic Molecula…

29
Expensify

29
Experian Health

29
FFI Ionix IP

29
Fiat Group Automo…

29
Exone ◀

29

What this shows ExOne holds 29 patents at rank #10,609, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ExOne

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,609 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B33Y (Additive Manufacturing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ExOne, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B33Y (Additive Manufacturing), ExOne ranks #77 of 1,250 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Britax Römer Kindersicherheit GmbH 41 Creator, Inc. 41 Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. 41 NextLabs, Inc. 41

Exone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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ExOne GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.9%
2016	2	6.9%
2017	2	6.9%
2018	3	10.3%
2019	5	17.2%
2020	5	17.2%
2021	1	3.4%
2022	2	6.9%
2023	4	13.8%
2024	2	6.9%
2025partial year	1	3.4%

Which technologies does ExOne 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 29

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 27

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 24

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 21

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

B22C - Foundry Moulding 4

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 4

C22C - Alloys 2

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 2

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

Top 15 of 21 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

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

ExOne 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 #10,610 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ExOne GmbH against Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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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