Where does Gericke AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gericke AG ranks #26,378 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 Gericke AG hold?

Gericke AG holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Gericke AG's Innovation Score?

Gericke AG has an Innovation Score of 32.6 out of 100 (42nd 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 Gericke AG focus on?

Gericke AG's top technology area is B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing) with 2 patents, ranking #438 of 1,218 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gericke AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gericke AG's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Gericke AG's patents?

Gericke AG's patents average 3.8 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 Gericke AG 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

Gericke AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gericke ranks #26,378 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#26,378
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.6/100): 3.8
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26378 · Foreign Corporation #26,378 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,378/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Geolog S r l
CPC-NARROW B01F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Geolog S.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 Gericke’s 32.6 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 8.3 pts (25%) Velocity 13.3 pts (41%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 2.3 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Barletta Boat · near

33
Gericke · this assignee

33
Taisei · near

33
Thermo Fisher… · near

33
Truelite Trace · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gericke's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (42nd 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 Gericke?

Each dot is one of Gericke’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). Gericke’s own 3.8 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.

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

Where Gericke's grants concentrate

Gericke AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Gericke sits between Geolog S.r.l. and Globe Composite Solutions, LLC.

Gericke's three-year grant acceleration

Gericke AG 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.

Geolog S r l

10
Georg Fischer Cen…

10
Georg Fischer

10
Geosyntec Consult…

10
Getinge Steriliza…

10
Glaston Finland Oy

10
Gleim Conferencing

10
Globe Composite S…

10
Gericke ◀

10

What this shows Gericke holds 10 patents at rank #26,402, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gericke

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,402 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01F (Mixing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Gericke, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01F (Mixing), Gericke ranks #438 of 1,218 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Ecublens) Sarl 33 Taisei Corporation 33 Truelite Trace, Inc. 33 Barletta Boat Company, LLC 33

Gericke's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Gericke AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	6	60.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Gericke AG patent most?

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

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 1

G01G - Weighing 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Gericke AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gericke AG's lead technology class is B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01F
Ranked #26,378 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gericke AG against Geolog S.r.l., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.6/100 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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