Where does GEA Process Engineering A/S rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GEA Process Engineering A/S ranks #11,654 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 Process Engineering A/S hold?

GEA Process Engineering A/S holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is GEA Process Engineering A/S's Innovation Score?

GEA Process Engineering A/S has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% 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 Process Engineering A/S focus on?

GEA Process Engineering A/S's top technology area is F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom) with 13 patents, ranking #7 of 377 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is GEA Process Engineering A/S's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GEA Process Engineering A/S's recent grant velocity is +27% 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 Process Engineering A/S's patents?

GEA Process Engineering A/S's patents average 18.0 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 Process Engineering A/S 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 Process Engineering A/S

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GEA ranks #11,654 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 20 technology areas.

#11,654
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11654 · Foreign Corporation #11,654 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,654/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Federal-Mogul…
CPC-FOCUS F26B · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden 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.

How GEA’s 40.9 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 11.4 pts (28%) Velocity 2.9 pts (7%) Breadth 15.8 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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GEA Process… · this assignee

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Gogo · near

41
Idenix Pharmaceuticals · near

41
Karl Leibinger… · near

41
OPower · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows GEA's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 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 Process Engineering A/S is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, GEA sits between Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbH and GeneSic Semiconductor Inc..

GEA's three-year grant acceleration

GEA Process Engineering A/S shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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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GEA Process Engin… ◀

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What this shows GEA holds 26 patents at rank #11,654, 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 #11,654 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Ther…)

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 F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Ther…), GEA ranks #7 of 377 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC 41 Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GMBH & Co. KG 41 OPower, Inc. 41 Gogo LLC 41

GEA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

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 Process Engineering A/S patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.8%
2017	1	3.8%
2018	3	11.5%
2019	6	23.1%
2020	5	19.2%
2021	3	11.5%
2023	1	3.8%
2024	5	19.2%
2025partial year	1	3.8%

Which technologies does GEA Process Engineering A/S patent most?

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 13

B01D - Separation 11

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 7

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

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 3

F23J - Removal OR Treatment OF Combustion Products OR Combustion RESIDUES; Flues 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B30B - Presses IN General 1

Top 15 of 20 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 Process Engineering A/S's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GEA Process Engineering A/S's lead technology class is F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F26B
Ranked #11,654 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GEA Process Engineering A/S against Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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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