Where does Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH ranks #46,870 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 Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH hold?

Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH's Innovation Score?

Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH has an Innovation Score of 45.9 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH focus on?

Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH's top technology area is B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic) with 4 patents, ranking #69 of 195 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH's patents?

Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH's patents average 17.2 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 Frauscher Sensortechnik 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

Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Frauscher ranks #46,870 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#46,870
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.9/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46870 · Foreign Corporation #46,870 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,870/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Foster Wheeler USA
CPC-NARROW B61L · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Foster Wheeler USA 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 Frauscher’s 45.9 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 9.4 pts (20%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Frauscher Sensortech… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Frauscher's Innovation Score is 45.9/100 (top 22% 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 Frauscher?

Each dot is one of Frauscher’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). Frauscher’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Frauscher's grants concentrate

Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Frauscher sits between Foster Wheeler USA Corporation and Freie Universitaet Berlin.

Frauscher's three-year grant acceleration

Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Foster Wheeler USA

5
Foxwordy

5
Frame & Mullions

5
Fraunhofer-gesell…

5
Freddy S p A

5
Freeform Future

5
Freelander Innova…

5
Freie Universitae…

5
Frauscher Sensort… ◀

5

What this shows Frauscher holds 5 patents at rank #46,922, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Frauscher

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,922 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61L (Guiding Railway Traffic)

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

Frauscher's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2023	2	40.0%
2024	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH patent most?

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 4

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 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH's lead technology class is B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61L
Ranked #46,870 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH against Foster Wheeler USA Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.9/100 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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