Where does Grintech GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Grintech GmbH ranks #35,571 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 Grintech GmbH hold?

Grintech GmbH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Grintech GmbH's Innovation Score?

Grintech GmbH has an Innovation Score of 29.3 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Grintech GmbH focus on?

Grintech GmbH's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Grintech GmbH's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Grintech GmbH's patents?

Grintech GmbH's patents average 16.3 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 Grintech 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

Grintech GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Grintech ranks #35,571 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#35,571
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.3/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35571 · Foreign Corporation #35,571 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,571/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Greiner Bio-one…
CPC-NARROW G02B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Greiner Bio-one North America, 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
Grintech · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Grintech's Innovation Score is 29.3/100 (30th percentile 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 Grintech's grants concentrate

Grintech GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Grintech sits between Greiner Bio-one North America, Inc. and Gsquared Medical LLC.

Grintech's three-year grant acceleration

Grintech GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Greiner Bio-one N…

7
Grena USA

7
Grenergy Opto

7
Gridview Optical…

7
Grirem Hi-tech

7
GRU Energy Lab

7
Grunenthal

7
Gsquared Medical

7
Grintech ◀

7

What this shows Grintech holds 7 patents at rank #35,486, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Grintech

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,486 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Grintech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Grintech GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2020	2	28.6%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Grintech GmbH patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#35,571

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

29.3 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

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

Grintech GmbH's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #35,571 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Grintech GmbH against Greiner Bio-one North America, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.3/100 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

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.