Where does Gerhard Finkbeiner rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gerhard Finkbeiner ranks #47,031 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 Gerhard Finkbeiner hold?

Gerhard Finkbeiner holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Gerhard Finkbeiner's Innovation Score?

Gerhard Finkbeiner has an Innovation Score of 21.3 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Gerhard Finkbeiner's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gerhard Finkbeiner's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Gerhard Finkbeiner's patents?

Gerhard Finkbeiner's patents average 15.0 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 Gerhard Finkbeiner 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

Gerhard Finkbeiner

Q: What technology areas does Gerhard Finkbeiner focus on?

Gerhard Finkbeiner's top technology area is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load) with 5 patents, ranking #75 of 447 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gerhard ranks #47,031 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#47,031
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.3/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47031 · Foreign Corporation #47,031 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,031/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Georg Schlegel & KG
CPC-NARROW B66F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Georg Schlegel GmbH & Co. KG (±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 Gerhard’s 21.3 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 6.2 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gerhard Finkbeiner · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gerhard's Innovation Score is 21.3/100 (8th 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 Gerhard?

Each dot is one of Gerhard’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). Gerhard’s own 15.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gerhard's grants concentrate

Gerhard Finkbeiner is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Gerhard sits between GeoSea N.V. and Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH.

Geosea

5
Georg Schlegel &…

5
Georgy Viktorovic…

5
Geotech

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German Sport Guns

5
Gerstel Systemtec…

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Gesea Biosciences

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Gerhard Finkbeiner ◀

5

What this shows Gerhard holds 5 patents at rank #47,167, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gerhard

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,167 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66F (Hoisting)

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

Gerhard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gerhard Finkbeiner patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2018	2	40.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Gerhard Finkbeiner patent most?

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Gerhard Finkbeiner's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gerhard Finkbeiner's lead technology class is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66F
Ranked #47,031 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gerhard Finkbeiner against GeoSea N.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.3/100 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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