Where does GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. ranks #35,453 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 Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. hold?

GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A.'s Innovation Score?

GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. has an Innovation Score of 27.7 out of 100 (25th percentile 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 Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. focus on?

GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A.'s top technology area is B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing) with 5 patents, ranking #178 of 1,218 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A.'s patents?

GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A.'s patents average 8.7 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 Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. 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 Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 6 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: B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GEA ranks #35,453 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 6 technology areas.

#35,453
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.7/100): 8.7
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35453 · Foreign Corporation #35,453 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,453/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GC Cell
CPC-NARROW B01F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GC Cell 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 GEA’s 27.7 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 7.2 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (24%) Breadth 8.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows GEA's Innovation Score is 27.7/100 (25th 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.

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 8.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 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 Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, GEA sits between GC Cell Corporation and Genea IP Holdings PTY Limited.

GEA's three-year grant acceleration

GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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 7 patents at rank #35,433, 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 #35,433 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01F (Mixing)

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)

28 25th percentile higher than 25% 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 Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2018	3	42.9%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	2	28.6%

Which technologies does GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. patent most?

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 5

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

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

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 6 of 6 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 Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A.'s lead technology class is B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01F
Ranked #35,453 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GEA Mechanical Equipment Italia S.p.A. against GC Cell Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.7/100 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

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