Where does Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH ranks #5,300 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-verzahntechnik GMBH hold?

Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH holds 65 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH's Innovation Score?

Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH has an Innovation Score of 45.3 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH focus on?

Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH's top technology area is B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks) with 41 patents, ranking #2 of 50 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Is Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH's recent grant velocity is -51% 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 Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH's patents?

Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH's patents average 17.2 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 Liebherr-verzahntechnik 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

Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 29 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: B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Liebherr-verzahntechnik ranks #5,300 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 29 technology areas.

#5,300
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.3/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -51%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5300 · Foreign Corporation #5,300 · 65 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
UPPER-Q #5,300/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Juno Therapeutics
CPC-FOCUS B23F · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -51% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Juno Therapeutics, 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.

How Liebherr-verzahntechnik’s 45.3 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 14.5 pts (32%) Velocity 1.5 pts (3%) Breadth 19.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agios Pharmaceuticals · near

45
Tamron · near

45
Liebherr-verzahntech… · this assignee

45
Team Industries · near

45
Tyco AMP Korea · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Liebherr-verzahntechnik's Innovation Score is 45.3/100 (top 23% 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-verzahntechnik?

Each dot is one of Liebherr-verzahntechnik’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-verzahntechnik’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Liebherr-verzahntechnik's grants concentrate

Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 63.1% of grants classified under B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Liebherr-verzahntechnik sits between Juno Therapeutics, Inc. and Nielsen Consumer LLC.

Liebherr-verzahntechnik's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH moved from 27 to 6 grants (0.22x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Juno Therapeutics

65
Kinaxis

65
Konkuk University…

65
Kunming Universit…

65
Momenta Pharmaceu…

65
Moneygram Interna…

65
Neonode

65
Nielsen Consumer

65
Liebherr-verzahnt… ◀

65

What this shows Liebherr-verzahntechnik holds 65 patents at rank #5,299, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Liebherr-verzahntechnik

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,299 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Liebherr-verzahntechnik, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks), Liebherr-verzahntechnik ranks #2 of 50 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd. 45 Team Industries, Inc. 45 Tamron Co., Ltd. 45 Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Orbis Corporation 17.2 avg The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services 17.2 avg Beiersdorf AG 17.2 avg Daqri, LLC 17.2 avg

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

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% 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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Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	4.6%
2016	10	15.4%
2017	6	9.2%
2018	12	18.5%
2019	12	18.5%
2020	8	12.3%
2021	7	10.8%
2022	4	6.2%
2023	1	1.5%
2024	1	1.5%
2025partial year	1	1.5%

Which technologies does Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH patent most?

B23F - Making Gears OR Toothed Racks 41

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 28

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 16

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 15

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 13

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16H - Gearing 2

B23B - TURNING; Boring 2

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 1

Top 15 of 29 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-verzahntechnik GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH's lead technology class is B23F (Making Gears OR Toothed Racks), 63.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23F
Ranked #5,300 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH against Juno Therapeutics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.3/100 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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