Where does Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. ranks #17,688 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 Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. hold?

Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co.'s Innovation Score?

Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. has an Innovation Score of 49.0 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co.'s recent grant velocity is +60% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co.'s patents?

Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co.'s patents average 16.2 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 Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. 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

Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co.

Q: What technology areas does Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. focus on?

Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co.'s top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 7 patents, ranking #75 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 21 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gehring ranks #17,688 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 21 technology areas.

#17,688
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.0/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: +60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17688 · Foreign Corporation #17,688 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,688/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ganart
CPC-FOCUS B24B · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ganart Technologies, 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 Gehring’s 49.0 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 9.8 pts (20%) Velocity 13.3 pts (27%) Breadth 16.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gehring + · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gehring's Innovation Score is 49.0/100 (top 15% 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 Gehring?

Each dot is one of Gehring’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). Gehring’s own 16.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Gehring's grants concentrate

Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 43.8% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Gehring sits between Guangdong Syma Model Aircraft Industrial Co., Ltd. and Gerhard D. Wempe KG.

Gehring's three-year grant acceleration

Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Guangdong Syma Mo…

16
Ganart

16
Garrett Thermal S…

16
Gartneriet PKM A/S

16
Gelliner

16
Genxcomm

16
Geospace

16
Gerhard D Wempe KG

16
Gehring + ◀

16

What this shows Gehring holds 16 patents at rank #17,700, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gehring

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,700 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Gehring's primary technology class.

Gehring's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% 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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Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	12.5%
2018	2	12.5%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	1	6.3%
2023	3	18.8%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	3	18.8%

Which technologies does Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 7

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 5

B23B - TURNING; Boring 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 3

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

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

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

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 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

D06C - Finishing, Dressing, Tentering OR Stretching Textile Fabrics 1

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

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co.'s lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 43.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #17,688 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gehring Technologies GmbH + Co. against Guangdong Syma Model Aircraft Industrial Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.0/100 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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