Where does GKN Sinter Metals, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GKN Sinter Metals, LLC ranks #8,807 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, LLC hold?

GKN Sinter Metals, LLC holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is GKN Sinter Metals, LLC's Innovation Score?

GKN Sinter Metals, LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GKN Sinter Metals, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GKN Sinter Metals, LLC's recent grant velocity is -43% 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 GKN Sinter Metals, LLC's patents?

GKN Sinter Metals, LLC's patents average 15.8 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 GKN Sinter Metals, LLC 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 US Corporation

GKN Sinter Metals, LLC

Q: What technology areas does GKN Sinter Metals, LLC focus on?

GKN Sinter Metals, LLC'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 22 patents, ranking #63 of 926 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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 #8,807 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 26 technology areas.

#8,807
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8807 · US Corporation #8,807 · 36 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,807/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Franke Technology…
CPC-FOCUS B22F · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd. (±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 43.3 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 12.5 pts (29%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 18.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Curexo · near

43
GKN Sinter Metals · this assignee

43
Purina Animal… · near

43
Rev-a-shelf · near

43
Veoneer Sweden AB · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GKN's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 28% 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 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 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, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 61.1% 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 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, GKN sits between Futura S.P.A. and GT Gettaxi Limited.

GKN's three-year grant acceleration

GKN Sinter Metals, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Futura S P A

36
Franke Technology…

36
Gibson Brands

36
GKN Aerospace Swe…

36
GP Cellulose

36
Grammarly

36
Groove X

36
GT Gettaxi

36
GKN Sinter Metals ◀

36

What this shows GKN holds 36 patents at rank #8,804, 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 #8,804 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 #63 of 926 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Curexo, Inc. 43 Veoneer Sweden AB 43 Rev-a-shelf Company, LLC 43 Purina Animal Nutrition LLC 43

GKN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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GKN Sinter Metals, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	8.3%
2016	7	19.4%
2017	5	13.9%
2018	6	16.7%
2019	2	5.6%
2020	4	11.1%
2021	4	11.1%
2022	2	5.6%
2023	3	8.3%

Which technologies does GKN Sinter Metals, LLC patent most?

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 22

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

C22C - Alloys 9

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 9

F16H - Gearing 7

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 3

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 3

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B23B - TURNING; Boring 2

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

F02F - Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

Top 15 of 26 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, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GKN Sinter Metals, LLC'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), 61.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22F
Ranked #8,807 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GKN Sinter Metals, LLC against Futura S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 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

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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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