Where does GV Engineering GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GV Engineering GMBH ranks #18,693 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 GV Engineering GMBH hold?

GV Engineering GMBH holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is GV Engineering GMBH's Innovation Score?

GV Engineering GMBH has an Innovation Score of 53.1 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does GV Engineering GMBH focus on?

GV Engineering GMBH's top technology area is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion) with 13 patents, ranking #29 of 463 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is GV Engineering GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GV Engineering 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 GV Engineering GMBH's patents?

GV Engineering GMBH's patents average 23.6 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 GV Engineering 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

GV Engineering GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 7 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: B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GV ranks #18,693 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,693
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.1/100): 23.6
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18693 · Foreign Corporation #18,693 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,693/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gateway Plastics
CPC-NARROW B60B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gateway Plastics, 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.

How GV’s 53.1 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 9.6 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 9.4 pts (18%) Claim depth 14.2 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GV Engineering · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GV's Innovation Score is 53.1/100 (top 9% 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 GV?

Each dot is one of GV’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). GV’s own 23.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where GV's grants concentrate

GV Engineering GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, GV sits between Guangzhou Shizhen Information Technology Co., Ltd. and General Instrument Corporation.

GV's three-year grant acceleration

GV Engineering GMBH shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Guangzhou Shizhen…

15
Guardian-i

15
Guild Associates

15
Guntert & Zimmerm…

15
Gateway Plastics

15
Gelesis

15
Gen-y Creations

15
General Instrument

15
GV Engineering ◀

15

What this shows GV holds 15 patents at rank #18,671, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GV

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,671 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60B (Vehicle Wheels)

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

GV's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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GV Engineering GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	6.7%
2018	1	6.7%
2019	2	13.3%
2022	3	20.0%
2023	4	26.7%
2024	3	20.0%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does GV Engineering GMBH patent most?

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 13

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 6

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

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 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 7 of 7 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

GV Engineering GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GV Engineering GMBH's lead technology class is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60B
Ranked #18,693 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GV Engineering GMBH against Guangzhou Shizhen Information Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.1/100 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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