Where does Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH ranks #35,686 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 Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH hold?

Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH's Innovation Score?

Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH has an Innovation Score of 27.0 out of 100 (22nd 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 Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH focus on?

Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH's top technology area is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification) with 3 patents, ranking #3,595 of 9,657 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH'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 Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH's patents?

Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH's patents average 13.4 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 Heraeus Sensor Technology 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

Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heraeus ranks #35,686 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#35,686
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.0/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35686 · Foreign Corporation #35,686 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,686/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heinz Kurz Medizinte…
CPC-FOCUS Y10T · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik (±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 Heraeus’s 27.0 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 7.2 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Heraeus's Innovation Score is 27.0/100 (22nd 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 Heraeus?

Each dot is one of Heraeus’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). Heraeus’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 13.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Heraeus's grants concentrate

Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Heraeus sits between Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik and Higher Dimension Materials, Inc..

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What this shows Heraeus holds 7 patents at rank #35,728, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heraeus

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,728 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification)

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

Heraeus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	42.9%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH patent most?

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

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

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

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

Top 11 of 11 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

Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH's lead technology class is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y10T
Ranked #35,686 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH against Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.0/100 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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