Where does Groninger & Co. GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Groninger & Co. GMBH ranks #24,418 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 Groninger & Co. GMBH hold?

Groninger & Co. GMBH holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Groninger & Co. GMBH's Innovation Score?

Groninger & Co. GMBH has an Innovation Score of 39.7 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Groninger & Co. GMBH focus on?

Groninger & Co. GMBH's top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 11 patents, ranking #113 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Groninger & Co. GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Groninger & Co. GMBH's recent grant velocity is +700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Groninger & Co. GMBH's patents?

Groninger & Co. GMBH's patents average 18.9 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 Groninger & Co. 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

Groninger & Co. GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Groninger ranks #24,418 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 6 technology areas.

#24,418
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.7/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: +700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24418 · Foreign Corporation #24,418 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,418/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gosantech
CPC-NARROW B65B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +700% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gosantech Co., 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 Groninger’s 39.7 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 8.6 pts (22%) Velocity 11.1 pts (28%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Groninger's Innovation Score is 39.7/100 (top 37% 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 Groninger?

Each dot is one of Groninger’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). Groninger’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Groninger's grants concentrate

Groninger & Co. GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Groninger sits between Gosantech Co., Ltd. and GT Metabolic Solutions, Inc..

Groninger's three-year grant acceleration

Groninger & Co. GMBH shows 5 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.

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What this shows Groninger holds 11 patents at rank #24,389, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Groninger

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,389 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Groninger's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Groninger & Co. GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	9.1%
2020	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	2	18.2%
2024	1	9.1%
2025partial year	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Groninger & Co. GMBH patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 11

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 3

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Groninger & Co. GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Groninger & Co. GMBH's lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #24,418 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Groninger & Co. GMBH against Gosantech Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.7/100 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

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