Where does Grass GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Grass GmbH ranks #4,666 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 Grass GmbH hold?

Grass GmbH holds 75 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Grass GmbH's Innovation Score?

Grass 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%).

Is Grass GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Grass GmbH's recent grant velocity is -32% 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 Grass GmbH's patents?

Grass GmbH's patents average 10.8 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 Grass 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

Grass GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Grass GmbH focus on?

Grass GmbH's top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 55 patents. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 75 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Grass ranks #4,666 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 75 patents across 17 technology areas.

#4,666
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4666 · Foreign Corporation #4,666 · 75 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 75 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,666/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cloudera
CPC-FOCUS A47B · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cloudera, Inc. (±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
Everlight · near

38
G1 Therapeutics · near

38
Grass · this assignee

38
Roxtec AB · near

38
Sync-rx · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Grass'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.

Where Grass's grants concentrate

Grass GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 73.3% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Grass sits between Cloudera, Inc. and Hyundai Steel Company.

Grass's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Grass GmbH moved from 28 to 7 grants (0.25x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Cloudera

75
Crystal IS

75
DE LA RUE Interna…

75
Federal Home Loan…

75
Hitachi-ge Nuclea…

75
Hefei Reliance Me…

75
Hussmann

75
Hyundai Steel

75
Grass ◀

75

What this shows Grass holds 75 patents at rank #4,666, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Grass

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,666 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Grass, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

G1 Therapeutics, Inc. 38 Roxtec AB 38 Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. 38 Sync-rx Ltd. 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.8 here).

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited 10.8 avg King Faisal University 10.8 avg OMS Investments, Inc. 10.8 avg Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. 10.8 avg

Grass'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Grass GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	4.0%
2016	2	2.7%
2017	11	14.7%
2018	16	21.3%
2019	8	10.7%
2020	11	14.7%
2021	9	12.0%
2022	3	4.0%
2023	1	1.3%
2024	3	4.0%
2025partial year	8	10.7%

Which technologies does Grass GmbH patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 55

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 24

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 22

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 11

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 7

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 7

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 4

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 2

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,666

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.7 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

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

Grass GmbH's lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #4,666 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Grass GmbH against Cloudera, Inc., 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.

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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