Where does Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH ranks #18,715 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 Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH hold?

Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH's Innovation Score?

Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH has an Innovation Score of 32.5 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 Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH's patents?

Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH's patents average 12.7 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 Heuft Systemtechnik 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

Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH focus on?

Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 7 patents, ranking #304 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heuft ranks #18,715 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 14 technology areas.

#18,715
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18715 · Foreign Corporation #18,715 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,715/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hansol Chemical
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hansol Chemical 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 Heuft’s 32.5 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 (30%) Velocity 2.0 pts (6%) Breadth 13.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Heuft Systemtechnik · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Heuft's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (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 Heuft?

Each dot is one of Heuft’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). Heuft’s own 12.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Heuft's grants concentrate

Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 46.7% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Heuft sits between Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd and HMI Medical Innovations, LLC.

Heuft's three-year grant acceleration

Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Hansol Chemical

15
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15
Healthier Choices…

15
Hetero Labs

15
Hexagon Metrology…

15
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15
Hitachi Zosen Ino…

15
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15
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15

What this shows Heuft holds 15 patents at rank #18,701, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heuft

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,701 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Heuft'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 · 2017–2023

Grants by year

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

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Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	6.7%
2018	1	6.7%
2019	4	26.7%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	4	26.7%
2022	1	6.7%
2023	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

H05G - X-ray Technique 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 1

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

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

Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 46.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #18,715 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heuft Systemtechnik GMBH against Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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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