Where does GEA Process Engineering NV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GEA Process Engineering NV ranks #35,454 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 NV hold?

GEA Process Engineering NV holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is GEA Process Engineering NV's Innovation Score?

GEA Process Engineering NV has an Innovation Score of 44.0 out of 100 (top 27% 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 NV focus on?

GEA Process Engineering NV's top technology area is B30B (Presses IN General) with 6 patents, ranking #35 of 360 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is GEA Process Engineering NV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GEA Process Engineering NV's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Process Engineering NV's patents?

GEA Process Engineering NV's patents average 20.4 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 Process Engineering NV 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 NV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: B30B (Presses IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GEA ranks #35,454 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 10 technology areas.

#35,454
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (44.0/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35454 · Foreign Corporation #35,454 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,454/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GCL International R L
CPC-FOCUS B30B · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GCL International S.A.R.L (±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 44.0 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 (16%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 11.2 pts (25%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows GEA's Innovation Score is 44.0/100 (top 27% 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 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 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 NV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under B30B (Presses IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, GEA sits between GCL International S.A.R.L and General Aviation Modifications, Inc..

GEA's three-year grant acceleration

GEA Process Engineering NV 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 7 patents at rank #35,434, 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 #35,434 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B30B (Presses IN General)

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)

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GEA Process Engineering NV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	28.6%
2018	2	28.6%
2019	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%

Which technologies does GEA Process Engineering NV patent most?

B30B - Presses IN General 6

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 4

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 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

G01G - Weighing 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 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 Process Engineering NV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GEA Process Engineering NV's lead technology class is B30B (Presses IN General), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B30B
Ranked #35,454 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GEA Process Engineering NV against GCL International S.A.R.L, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.0/100 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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