Where does GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH ranks #8,210 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 GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH hold?

GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH's Innovation Score?

GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH has an Innovation Score of 52.5 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH's patents?

GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH's patents average 14.6 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 GKN Sinter Metals Engineering 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

GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH

Q: What technology areas does GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH focus on?

GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH's top technology area is B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder) with 25 patents, ranking #55 of 926 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 44 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: B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GKN ranks #8,210 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 44 technology areas.

#8,210
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.5/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8210 · Foreign Corporation #8,210 · 39 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,210/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fractus
CPC-WIDE B22F · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fractus, S.A. (±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 GKN’s 52.5 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 12.7 pts (24%) Velocity 7.6 pts (14%) Breadth 23.5 pts (45%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CFD Research · near

53
China University of… · near

53
GKN Sinter Metals… · this assignee

53
Included Health · near

53
Itrec B V · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GKN's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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 GKN?

Each dot is one of GKN’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). GKN’s own 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where GKN's grants concentrate

GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 64.1% of grants classified under B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, GKN sits between Fractus, S.A. and Gauss Surgical Inc..

GKN's three-year grant acceleration

GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Fractus

39
Francotyp-postalia

39
GE Renewable

39
Geberit Internati…

39
Gloriole Electrop…

39
Grirem Advanced M…

39
GW Pharma

39
Gauss Surgical

39
GKN Sinter Metals… ◀

39

What this shows GKN holds 39 patents at rank #8,207, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GKN

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,207 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22F (Working Metallic Powder)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for GKN, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B22F (Working Metallic Powder), GKN ranks #55 of 926 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

CFD Research Corporation 53 Included Health, Inc. 53 Itrec B.V. 53 China University of Mining and Technology 53

GKN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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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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GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	2.6%
2018	2	5.1%
2019	4	10.3%
2020	4	10.3%
2021	7	17.9%
2022	9	23.1%
2023	7	17.9%
2024	1	2.6%
2025partial year	4	10.3%

Which technologies does GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH patent most?

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 25

B30B - Presses IN General 16

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 7

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 5

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 4

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 2

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

Top 15 of 44 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

GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH's lead technology class is B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder), 64.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22F
Ranked #8,210 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH against Fractus, S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.5/100 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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