Where does Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH ranks #6,781 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 Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH hold?

Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 51 technology areas.

What is Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH's Innovation Score?

Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH's recent grant velocity is -59% 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 Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH's patents?

Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH's patents average 9.4 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 Grenzebach Maschinenbau 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

Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH focus on?

Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH's top technology area is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam) with 13 patents, ranking #140 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 51 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 51 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: B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Grenzebach ranks #6,781 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 51 technology areas.

#6,781
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 9.4
avg claims per patent: -59%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6781 · Foreign Corporation #6,781 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,781/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Friedrich-Schiller-U…
CPC-WIDE B23K · 51 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -59% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena (±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 Grenzebach’s 46.5 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 13.5 pts (29%) Velocity 2.4 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (54%) Claim depth 5.7 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Edge 3 · near

47
Grenzebach Maschinen… · this assignee

47
Hitachi Vantara · near

47
Universite Joseph… · near

47
Walk Vascular · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Grenzebach's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 21% 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 Grenzebach?

Each dot is one of Grenzebach’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). Grenzebach’s own 9.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Grenzebach's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH received 14 grants versus 34 in 2015–2019 (-59% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 1. Lead class B23K accounts for 26.5% of the portfolio across 51 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena (#6,772) and Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC (#6,780).

Grenzebach's three-year grant acceleration

Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Friedrich-schille…

49
Future Dial

49
GE Healthcare UK

49
GEA Food Solution…

49
Gatekeeper Systems

49
Gemological Insti…

49
General Atomics

49
Georgia-pacific G…

49
Grenzebach Maschi… ◀

49

What this shows Grenzebach holds 49 patents at rank #6,776, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Grenzebach

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,776 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Grenzebach, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering), Grenzebach ranks #140 of 1,623 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. 47 Universite Joseph Fourier—Grenoble 1 47 Walk Vascular, LLC 47 Edge 3 Technologies 47

Grenzebach's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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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Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	14.3%
2016	2	4.1%
2017	10	20.4%
2018	6	12.2%
2019	9	18.4%
2020	6	12.2%
2021	2	4.1%
2022	3	6.1%
2023	1	2.0%
2024	2	4.1%
2025partial year	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH patent most?

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 13

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 7

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 5

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 4

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 4

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

Top 15 of 51 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

Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH's lead technology class is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam), 26.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #6,781 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Grenzebach Maschinenbau GMBH against Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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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