Where does Leibinger GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Leibinger GmbH ranks #36,216 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 Leibinger GmbH hold?

Leibinger GmbH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Leibinger GmbH's Innovation Score?

Leibinger GmbH has an Innovation Score of 22.6 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Leibinger GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Leibinger GmbH's recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Leibinger GmbH's patents?

Leibinger GmbH's patents average 15.4 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 Leibinger 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

Leibinger GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Leibinger GmbH focus on?

Leibinger GmbH's top technology area is B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Leibinger ranks #36,216 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 3 technology areas.

#36,216
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.6/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36216 · Foreign Corporation #36,216 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,216/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Laureate Education
CPC-NARROW B67C · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Laureate Education, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Leibinger · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Leibinger's Innovation Score is 22.6/100 (10th 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.

Where Leibinger's grants concentrate

Leibinger GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Leibinger sits between Laureate Education, Inc. and LensDigital, LLC.

Laureate Education

7
Layer Zero Power…

7
Leader

7
Leaf Shave

7
Leica Biosystems…

7
Leisure

7
Lenovo

7
Lensdigital

7
Leibinger ◀

7

What this shows Leibinger holds 7 patents at rank #36,244, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Leibinger

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,244 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67C (Cleaning)

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

Leibinger's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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Leibinger GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	3	42.9%
2019	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Leibinger GmbH patent most?

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 7

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 4

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,216

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

22.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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Leibinger GmbH's lead technology class is B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67C
Ranked #36,216 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 22.6/100 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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