Where does Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG ranks #9,776 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 Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 57.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 17 patents, ranking #172 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +186% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 12.0 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 Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG 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

Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 25 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Grob-werke ranks #9,776 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 25 technology areas.

#9,776
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (57.0/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: +186%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9776 · Foreign Corporation #9,776 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,776/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flowserve Pte
CPC-FOCUS H02K · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +186% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flowserve Pte. 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 Grob-werke’s 57.0 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 12.1 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (35%) Breadth 17.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elekta · near

57
Grob-werke & KG · this assignee

57
Innoscience… · near

57
Technische UNIVERSIT… · near

57
The Jackson Laboratory · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Grob-werke's Innovation Score is 57.0/100 (top 6% 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 Grob-werke?

Each dot is one of Grob-werke’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). Grob-werke’s own 12.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Grob-werke's grants concentrate

Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 53.1% of grants classified under H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Grob-werke sits between Flowserve Pte. Ltd. and Gynesonics, Inc..

Grob-werke's three-year grant acceleration

Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Flowserve Pte

32
Fractus Antennas…

32
Fusion Optix

32
GB II

32
Gala Industies

32
Graftech Internat…

32
Gruppo Cimbali S…

32
Gynesonics

32
Grob-werke & KG ◀

32

What this shows Grob-werke holds 32 patents at rank #9,774, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Grob-werke

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,774 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Grob-werke's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Grob-werke, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), Grob-werke ranks #172 of 1,724 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

The Jackson Laboratory 57 Innoscience (SUZHOU) Technology Co., Ltd. 57 Technische UNIVERSITÄT Berlin 57 Elekta Limited 57

Grob-werke's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.3%
2016	1	3.1%
2017	1	3.1%
2018	2	6.3%
2019	1	3.1%
2020	1	3.1%
2021	2	6.3%
2022	10	31.3%
2023	4	12.5%
2024	3	9.4%
2025partial year	5	15.6%

Which technologies does Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 12

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 6

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

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

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 2

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

B23C - Milling 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 53.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #9,776 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Grob-werke GmbH & Co. KG against Flowserve Pte. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.0/100 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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