Where does Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH ranks #5,224 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-werk Biberach GMBH hold?

Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH's Innovation Score?

Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH has an Innovation Score of 59.6 out of 100 (top 4% 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-werk Biberach GMBH focus on?

Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH's top technology area is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles) with 59 patents, ranking #6 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

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

Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH's recent grant velocity is +213% 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-werk Biberach GMBH's patents?

Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH's patents average 18.6 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-werk Biberach 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-werk Biberach GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 44 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Liebherr-werk ranks #5,224 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 44 technology areas.

#5,224
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.6/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +213%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5224 · Foreign Corporation #5,224 · 66 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,224/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH King Technology
CPC-WIDE B66C · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +213% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: King Technology, 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-werk’s 59.6 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 (24%) Velocity 10.5 pts (18%) Breadth 23.5 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boise State University · near

60
The Charles Machine… · near

60
Element Biosciences · near

60
Liebherr-werk Biberach · this assignee

60
Suncor Energy · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Liebherr-werk's Innovation Score is 59.6/100 (top 4% 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-werk?

Each dot is one of Liebherr-werk’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-werk’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Liebherr-werk's grants concentrate

Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 89.4% of grants classified under B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Liebherr-werk sits between Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute and Mapsted Corp..

Liebherr-werk's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH moved from 21 to 33 grants (1.57x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Korea Electrotech…

66
Kunlunxin Technol…

66
King Technology

66
Liberty Mutual In…

66
Lintec OF America

66
Landis+Gyr

66
Ludwig-maximilian…

66
Mapsted

66
Liebherr-werk Bib… ◀

66

What this shows Liebherr-werk holds 66 patents at rank #5,223, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Liebherr-werk

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,223 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66C (Cranes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Liebherr-werk, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B66C (Cranes), Liebherr-werk ranks #6 of 428 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Element Biosciences, Inc. 60 Suncor Energy Inc. 60 Boise State University 60 The Charles Machine Works, Inc. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

Seven Bridges Genomics Inc. 18.6 avg Caavo Inc 18.6 avg Bettcher Industries, Inc. 18.6 avg Amphenol Corporation 18.6 avg

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

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	4.5%
2017	2	3.0%
2018	3	4.5%
2019	7	10.6%
2020	3	4.5%
2021	11	16.7%
2022	7	10.6%
2023	12	18.2%
2024	14	21.2%
2025partial year	4	6.1%

Which technologies does Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH patent most?

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 59

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 8

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 7

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 4

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 4

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 3

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

B66B - ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways 2

Top 15 of 44 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-werk Biberach GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH's lead technology class is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles), 89.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66C
Ranked #5,224 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Liebherr-werk Biberach GMBH against Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.6/100 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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