Where does Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG ranks #48,369 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 Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG'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 Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG'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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is B61F (Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles) with 3 patents, ranking #31 of 85 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG 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 PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 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: B61F (Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Liebherr-transportation ranks #48,369 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#48,369
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48369 · Foreign Corporation #48,369 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,369/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Liaoning Chaoshuo…
CPC-NARROW B61F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Liaoning Chaoshuo Toma Technology Steel Plate Printing 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 Liebherr-transportation’s 28.8 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 6.2 pts (22%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 10.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Liebherr-transportat… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Liebherr-transportation's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th 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 Liebherr-transportation?

Each dot is one of Liebherr-transportation’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). Liebherr-transportation’s own 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Liebherr-transportation's grants concentrate

Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B61F (Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction ). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Liebherr-transportation sits between Liaoning Chaoshuo Toma Technology Steel Plate Printing Co., Ltd. and Lifetrons Switzerland Holdings Limited.

Liebherr-transportation's three-year grant acceleration

Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG shows 1 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.

Liaoning Chaoshuo…

5
Liberty Vehicle

5
Libre Wireless

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Lidco Group

5
Life360 Innovatio…

5
Lifeloc

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Lifesafety Power

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5
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5

What this shows Liebherr-transportation holds 5 patents at rank #48,324, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Liebherr-transportation

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,324 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61F (Rail Vehicle Suspensions)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Liebherr-transportation's primary technology class.

Liebherr-transportation's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% 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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Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	40.0%
2021	2	40.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B61F (Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction ), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61F
Ranked #48,369 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Liebherr-transportation Systems GMBH & Co. KG against Liaoning Chaoshuo Toma Technology Steel Plate Printing Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

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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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