Where does J.SCHMALZ GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), J.SCHMALZ GMBH ranks #7,289 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 J.SCHMALZ GMBH hold?

J.SCHMALZ GMBH holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is J.SCHMALZ GMBH's Innovation Score?

J.SCHMALZ GMBH has an Innovation Score of 46.1 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does J.SCHMALZ GMBH focus on?

J.SCHMALZ GMBH's top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 27 patents, ranking #62 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is J.SCHMALZ GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

J.SCHMALZ GMBH's recent grant velocity is -43% 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 J.SCHMALZ GMBH's patents?

J.SCHMALZ 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 J.SCHMALZ 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

J.SCHMALZ GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, J.schmalz ranks #7,289 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 24 technology areas.

#7,289
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.1/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7289 · Foreign Corporation #7,289 · 45 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,289/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH In2Bones USA
CPC-FOCUS B25J · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: In2Bones USA, LLC (±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 J.schmalz’s 46.1 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 13.2 pts (29%) Velocity 7.5 pts (16%) Breadth 17.3 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ambrx · near

46
CoeLux S r l · near

46
J SCHMALZ · this assignee

46
StubHub · near

46
Textron · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows J.schmalz's Innovation Score is 46.1/100 (top 22% 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 J.schmalz?

Each dot is one of J.schmalz’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). J.schmalz’s own 13.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where J.schmalz's grants concentrate

J.SCHMALZ GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, J.schmalz sits between In2Bones USA, LLC and Kranos IP Corporation.

J.schmalz's three-year grant acceleration

J.SCHMALZ GMBH shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

In2bones USA

45
Indian Industries

45
Intelligent Inter…

45
International Fru…

45
Joyson Safety Sys…

45
Kemin Industries

45
Know Labs

45
Kranos IP

45
J Schmalz ◀

45

What this shows J.SCHMALZ holds 45 patents at rank #7,285, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near JSCHMALZ

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,285 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for JSCHMALZ, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25J (Manipulators), JSCHMALZ ranks #62 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Textron Inc. 46 StubHub, Inc. 46 Ambrx, Inc. 46 CoeLux S.r.l. 46

J.schmalz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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J.SCHMALZ GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	8.9%
2016	4	8.9%
2017	13	28.9%
2018	6	13.3%
2019	1	2.2%
2020	4	8.9%
2021	3	6.7%
2022	2	4.4%
2023	4	8.9%
2024	3	6.7%
2025partial year	1	2.2%

Which technologies does J.SCHMALZ GMBH patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 27

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 19

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 7

F04F - Pumping OF Fluid BY Direct Contact OF Another Fluid OR BY Using Inertia OF Fluid TO BE Pumped ; Siphons 6

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

F16H - Gearing 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 1

Top 15 of 24 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

J.SCHMALZ GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

J.SCHMALZ GMBH's lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #7,289 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare J.SCHMALZ GMBH against In2Bones USA, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.1/100 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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