Where does Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH ranks #11,261 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 Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH hold?

Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH's Innovation Score?

Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH focus on?

Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH's top technology area is B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks) with 24 patents, ranking #4 of 50 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH's recent grant velocity is -31% 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 Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH's patents?

Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH's patents average 14.7 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 Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik 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

Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 15 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: B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gleason-pfauter ranks #11,261 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 15 technology areas.

#11,261
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11261 · Foreign Corporation #11,261 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,261/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GD Energy Products
CPC-FOCUS B23F · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GD Energy Products, LLC (±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 Gleason-pfauter’s 37.7 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 11.5 pts (31%) Velocity 3.7 pts (10%) Breadth 13.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biosurfit · near

38
Gleason-pfauter… · this assignee

38
Samyang Biopharmaceu… · near

38
Yuan MEI · near

38
Zhejiang Aerlang… · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gleason-pfauter's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Gleason-pfauter?

Each dot is one of Gleason-pfauter’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). Gleason-pfauter’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Gleason-pfauter's grants concentrate

Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Gleason-pfauter sits between GD Energy Products, LLC and GUI Global Products, Ltd..

Gleason-pfauter's three-year grant acceleration

Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

GD Energy Products

27
Georg UTZ Holding

27
Geosat Aerospace…

27
GKN Aerospace Ser…

27
Globe Electric

27
Grifols Worldwide…

27
GTJ Ventures

27
GUI Global Produc…

27
Gleason-pfauter M… ◀

27

What this shows Gleason-pfauter holds 27 patents at rank #11,257, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gleason-pfauter

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,257 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Gleason-pfauter's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Gleason-pfauter, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks), Gleason-pfauter ranks #4 of 50 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Samyang Biopharmaceuticals Corporation 38 Biosurfit, S.A. 38 Yuan MEI Corp. 38 Zhejiang Aerlang Technology Co., Ltd. 38

Gleason-pfauter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% 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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Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	7.4%
2016	3	11.1%
2017	3	11.1%
2018	5	18.5%
2019	3	11.1%
2020	4	14.8%
2021	2	7.4%
2022	3	11.1%
2023	2	7.4%

Which technologies does Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH patent most?

B23F - Making Gears OR Toothed Racks 24

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 10

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

F16H - Gearing 1

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 1

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

B23C - Milling 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 1

B21H - Making Particular Metal Objects BY Rolling, e.g. Screws, Wheels, Rings, Barrels, Balls 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH's lead technology class is B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23F
Ranked #11,261 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gleason-pfauter Maschinenfabrik GMBH against GD Energy Products, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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.

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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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