Where does GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V. ranks #22,628 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 Food Solutions Weert B.V. hold?

GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V.'s Innovation Score?

GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V. has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% 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 Food Solutions Weert B.V. focus on?

GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V.'s top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 10 patents, ranking #135 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V.'s patents?

GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V.'s patents average 16.8 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 Food Solutions Weert B.V. 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 Food Solutions Weert B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GEA ranks #22,628 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 10 technology areas.

#22,628
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22628 · Foreign Corporation #22,628 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,628/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fusion Orthopedics
CPC-FOCUS B65B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fusion Orthopedics, LLC (±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 38.4 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 8.9 pts (23%) Velocity 8.3 pts (22%) Breadth 11.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GEA Food Solutions… · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows GEA's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where GEA's grants concentrate

GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, GEA sits between Fusion Orthopedics, LLC and General Packer Co., Ltd..

GEA's three-year grant acceleration

GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Fusion Orthopedics

12
G4S Retail Soluti…

12
GB Developpement

12
GE Medical System…

12
GEA TDS

12
Gebr Brasseler &…

12
Gencell Biosystems

12
General Packer

12
GEA Food Solution… ◀

12

What this shows GEA holds 12 patents at rank #22,621, 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 #22,621 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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)

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	3	25.0%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%
2024	3	25.0%
2025partial year	2	16.7%

Which technologies does GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V. patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 10

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 4

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 4

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 10 of 10 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 Food Solutions Weert B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V.'s lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #22,628 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GEA Food Solutions Weert B.V. against Fusion Orthopedics, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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

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