Where does GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH ranks #10,622 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 Tuchenhagen GmbH hold?

GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH's Innovation Score?

GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH has an Innovation Score of 40.1 out of 100 (top 36% 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 Tuchenhagen GmbH focus on?

GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 20 patents, ranking #96 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

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

GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH's recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Tuchenhagen GmbH's patents?

GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH's patents average 16.7 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 Tuchenhagen 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 Tuchenhagen GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 18 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GEA ranks #10,622 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 18 technology areas.

#10,622
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.1/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10622 · Foreign Corporation #10,622 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,622/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fetch Robotics
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fetch Robotics, Inc. (±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 40.1 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 11.7 pts (29%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 15.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GEA Tuchenhagen · this assignee

40
Herbert Waldmann & KG · near

40
Silicon Valley Bank · near

40
SiTune · near

40
Smiths Detection-Wat… · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GEA's Innovation Score is 40.1/100 (top 36% 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 16.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 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 Tuchenhagen GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 69% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, GEA sits between Fetch Robotics, Inc. and Goodbaby Child Products Co., Ltd..

GEA's three-year grant acceleration

GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Fetch Robotics

29
Florida Atlantic…

29
Fluid Equipment D…

29
Fugro

29
Geistlich Pharma

29
GKN Driveline Int…

29
Global Industrial…

29
Goodbaby Child Pr…

29
GEA Tuchenhagen ◀

29

What this shows GEA holds 29 patents at rank #10,621, 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 #10,621 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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 F16K (Valves), GEA ranks #96 of 1,836 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

SiTune Corporation 40 Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG 40 Silicon Valley Bank 40 Smiths Detection-Watford Limited 40

GEA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 Tuchenhagen GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	10.3%
2017	4	13.8%
2018	3	10.3%
2019	2	6.9%
2020	2	6.9%
2021	4	13.8%
2022	2	6.9%
2024	2	6.9%
2025partial year	7	24.1%

Which technologies does GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 20

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 5

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 5

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

C12H - Pasteurisation, Sterilisation, Preservation, Purification, Clarification OR Ageing OF Alcoholic BEVERAGES; Methods FOR Altering THE Alcohol Content OF Fermented Solutions OR Alcoholic Beverages 1

Top 15 of 18 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 Tuchenhagen GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 69% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #10,622 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH against Fetch Robotics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.1/100 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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