Where does Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG ranks #40,407 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 Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG hold?

Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2017, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG's Innovation Score?

Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG has an Innovation Score of 23.9 out of 100 (13th 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 Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG focus on?

Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG's top technology area is B22D (Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices) with 4 patents, ranking #101 of 377 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG's patents?

Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG's patents average 15.5 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 Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG 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

Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2017. 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: B22D (Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Georg ranks #40,407 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#40,407
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.9/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40407 · Foreign Corporation #40,407 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,407/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Genisphere
CPC-NARROW B22D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Genisphere, LLC (±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 Georg’s 23.9 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 6.7 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Georg Fischer & KG · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Georg's Innovation Score is 23.9/100 (13th 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 Georg?

Each dot is one of Georg’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). Georg’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Georg's grants concentrate

Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B22D (Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices). By volume, Georg sits between Genisphere, LLC and Geremarie Corporation.

Genisphere

6
Genomedx Bioscien…

6
Geographic Soluti…

6
Geophysical Techn…

6
Georg Fischer Har…

6
Georg Fischer JRG

6
Georgia-pacific W…

6
Geremarie

6
Georg Fischer & KG ◀

6

What this shows Georg holds 6 patents at rank #40,487, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Georg

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,487 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22D (Casting OF Metals)

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

Georg's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	50.0%
2017	3	50.0%

Which technologies does Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG patent most?

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 4

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 2

C22C - Alloys 2

B66B - ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG's lead technology class is B22D (Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22D
Ranked #40,407 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG against Genisphere, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.