Where does German Sport Guns GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), German Sport Guns GmbH ranks #47,032 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 German Sport Guns GmbH hold?

German Sport Guns GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is German Sport Guns GmbH's Innovation Score?

German Sport Guns GmbH has an Innovation Score of 15.2 out of 100 (3rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is German Sport Guns GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

German Sport Guns GmbH'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 German Sport Guns GmbH's patents?

German Sport Guns GmbH's patents average 4.8 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 German Sport Guns 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

German Sport Guns GmbH

Q: What technology areas does German Sport Guns GmbH focus on?

German Sport Guns GmbH's top technology area is F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor) with 2 patents. 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: F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, German ranks #47,032 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#47,032
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (15.2/100): 4.8
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47032 · Foreign Corporation #47,032 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,032/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Georg Schlegel & KG
CPC-NARROW F41C · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 15.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.8 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.

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85
German Sport Guns · this assignee

15
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7

What this shows German's Innovation Score is 15.2/100 (3rd 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.

Where German's grants concentrate

German Sport Guns GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, German sits between Georg Schlegel GmbH & Co. KG and Getty Images, Inc..

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5

What this shows German holds 5 patents at rank #47,168, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near German

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,168 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41C (Smallarms)

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

German's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

15 3rd percentile higher than 3% 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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German Sport Guns GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	80.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does German Sport Guns GmbH patent most?

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 2

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 2

F41F - Apparatus FOR Launching Projectiles OR Missiles From Barrels, e.g. Cannons ; Launchers FOR Rockets OR TORPEDOES; Harpoon Guns 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#47,032

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

15.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

German Sport Guns GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

German Sport Guns GmbH's lead technology class is F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41C
Ranked #47,032 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare German Sport Guns GmbH against Georg Schlegel GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 15.2/100 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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