Where does GEA Farm Technologies GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GEA Farm Technologies GmbH ranks #4,043 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 Farm Technologies GmbH hold?

GEA Farm Technologies GmbH holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is GEA Farm Technologies GmbH's Innovation Score?

GEA Farm Technologies GmbH has an Innovation Score of 47.6 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does GEA Farm Technologies GmbH focus on?

GEA Farm Technologies GmbH's top technology area is A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products) with 69 patents, ranking #4 of 41 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is GEA Farm Technologies GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GEA Farm Technologies GmbH's recent grant velocity is +7% 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 GEA Farm Technologies GmbH's patents?

GEA Farm Technologies GmbH's patents average 15.4 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 GEA Farm Technologies 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 Farm Technologies GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 24 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: A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GEA ranks #4,043 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 24 technology areas.

#4,043
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.6/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4043 · Foreign Corporation #4,043 · 89 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,043/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Diodes Incorporated
CPC-FOCUS A01J · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Diodes Incorporated (±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 GEA’s 47.6 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 15.5 pts (33%) Velocity 5.5 pts (12%) Breadth 17.3 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GEA Farm · this assignee

48
Humax · near

48
Liebherr-werk Nenzing · near

48
RealD · near

48
Tile · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GEA's Innovation Score is 47.6/100 (top 18% 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 GEA?

Each dot is one of GEA’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). GEA’s own 15.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where GEA's grants concentrate

GEA Farm Technologies GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 77.5% of grants classified under A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (10 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2015. By volume, GEA sits between Diodes Incorporated and InnoGrit Technologies Co., Ltd..

GEA's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, GEA Farm Technologies GmbH moved from 29 to 24 grants (0.83x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Diodes Incorporat…

89
Eizo

89
Faurecia Systemes…

89
First Orion

89
Huhtamaki

89
Ineos Styrolution…

89
Innio Jenbacher &…

89
Innogrit

89
GEA Farm ◀

89

What this shows GEA holds 89 patents at rank #4,043, 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 #4,043 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for GEA, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products), GEA ranks #4 of 41 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

RealD Inc. 48 Humax Co., Ltd. 48 Liebherr-werk Nenzing GMBH 48 Tile, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

Humana Inc. 15.4 avg ARC Devices Limited 15.4 avg SMA Solar Technology AG 15.4 avg Newmax Technology Co., Ltd. 15.4 avg

GEA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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GEA Farm Technologies GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	5.6%
2016	10	11.2%
2017	10	11.2%
2018	7	7.9%
2019	9	10.1%
2020	10	11.2%
2021	10	11.2%
2022	6	6.7%
2023	9	10.1%
2024	9	10.1%
2025partial year	4	4.5%

Which technologies does GEA Farm Technologies GmbH patent most?

A01J - Manufacture OF Dairy Products 69

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 25

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 12

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 10

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

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 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 15 of 24 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

GEA Farm Technologies GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GEA Farm Technologies GmbH's lead technology class is A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products), 77.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01J
Ranked #4,043 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GEA Farm Technologies GmbH against Diodes Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.6/100 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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