Where does GEA Brewery Systems GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GEA Brewery Systems GmbH ranks #40,382 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 GEA Brewery Systems GmbH hold?

GEA Brewery Systems GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is GEA Brewery Systems GmbH's Innovation Score?

GEA Brewery Systems GmbH has an Innovation Score of 32.7 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GEA Brewery Systems GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GEA Brewery Systems GmbH's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 GEA Brewery Systems GmbH's patents?

GEA Brewery Systems GmbH's patents average 10.8 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 GEA Brewery Systems 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

GEA Brewery Systems GmbH

Q: What technology areas does GEA Brewery Systems GmbH focus on?

GEA Brewery Systems GmbH's top technology area is C12C (BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: C12C (BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GEA ranks #40,382 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#40,382
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.7/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40382 · Foreign Corporation #40,382 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,382/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GE Energy Power…
CPC-NARROW C12C · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GE Energy Power Coversion 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GEA Brewery Systems · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GEA's Innovation Score is 32.7/100 (42nd 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.

Where GEA's grants concentrate

GEA Brewery Systems GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C12C (BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, GEA sits between GE Energy Power Coversion GMBH and Geehy Microelectronics Inc..

GEA's three-year grant acceleration

GEA Brewery Systems GmbH shows 2 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.

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What this shows GEA holds 6 patents at rank #40,362, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GEA

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,362 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12C (BEER)

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

GEA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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GEA Brewery Systems GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does GEA Brewery Systems GmbH patent most?

C12C - BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer 6

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 4

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#40,382

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

32.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

GEA Brewery Systems GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GEA Brewery Systems GmbH's lead technology class is C12C (BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12C
Ranked #40,382 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GEA Brewery Systems GmbH against GE Energy Power Coversion GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.