Where does Groupestahl rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Groupestahl ranks #47,210 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 Groupestahl hold?

Groupestahl holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Groupestahl's Innovation Score?

Groupestahl has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Groupestahl's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Groupestahl's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Groupestahl's patents?

Groupestahl's patents average 21.4 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 Groupestahl 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 US Corporation

Groupestahl

Q: What technology areas does Groupestahl focus on?

Groupestahl's top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors) with 2 patents, ranking #316 of 598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Groupestahl ranks #47,210 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 14 technology areas.

#47,210
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47210 · US Corporation #47,210 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,210/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Griff AND Associates
CPC-FOCUS B41J · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Griff AND Associates, L.P. (±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 Groupestahl’s 32.3 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 6.2 pts (19%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Groupestahl · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Groupestahl's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Groupestahl?

Each dot is one of Groupestahl’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). Groupestahl’s own 21.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Groupestahl's grants concentrate

Groupestahl is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Groupestahl sits between Griff AND Associates, L.P. and Gtherm Energy, Inc..

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What this shows Groupestahl holds 5 patents at rank #47,091, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Groupestahl

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,091 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

Groupestahl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Groupestahl patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2017	2	40.0%
2018	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Groupestahl patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

D06P - Dyeing OR Printing TEXTILES; Dyeing Leather, Furs OR Solid Macromolecular Substances IN ANY Form 2

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

B30B - Presses IN General 1

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 1

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 1

D06Q - Decorating Textiles 1

Top 14 of 14 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

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

Groupestahl's lead technology class is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41J
Ranked #47,210 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Groupestahl against Griff AND Associates, L.P., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.3/100 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

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