Where does Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH ranks #47,038 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 Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH hold?

Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH's Innovation Score?

Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH has an Innovation Score of 20.2 out of 100 (7th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH'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 Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH's patents?

Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH's patents average 11.6 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 Gestamp Umformtechnik 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

Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH focus on?

Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH's top technology area is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gestamp ranks #47,038 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#47,038
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.2/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47038 · Foreign Corporation #47,038 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,038/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gerhard Finkbeiner
CPC-NARROW B21D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gerhard Finkbeiner (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gestamp Umformtechnik · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gestamp's Innovation Score is 20.2/100 (7th 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 Gestamp's grants concentrate

Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Gestamp sits between Gerhard Finkbeiner and Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology America, Inc..

Gerhard Finkbeiner

5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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5
Giesecke+Devrient…

5
Gestamp Umformtec… ◀

5

What this shows Gestamp holds 5 patents at rank #47,171, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gestamp

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,171 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes)

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

Gestamp's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	60.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH patent most?

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 3

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 2

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

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#47,038

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.2 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

Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH's lead technology class is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21D
Ranked #47,038 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gestamp Umformtechnik GmbH against Gerhard Finkbeiner, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.2/100 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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