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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Liebherr-werk Ehingen GMBH ranks #4,011 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 Ehingen GMBH hold?

Liebherr-werk Ehingen GMBH holds 90 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

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

Liebherr-werk Ehingen GMBH has an Innovation Score of 46.3 out of 100 (top 21% 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 Ehingen GMBH focus on?

Liebherr-werk Ehingen GMBH's top technology area is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles) with 88 patents, ranking #3 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

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

Liebherr-werk Ehingen GMBH's recent grant velocity is -29% 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-werk Ehingen GMBH's patents?

Liebherr-werk Ehingen 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 Liebherr-werk Ehingen 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 Ehingen GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 90 granted patents across 22 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: 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 #4,011 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 90 patents across 22 technology areas.

#4,011
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4011 · Foreign Corporation #4,011 · 90 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 90 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,011/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Egis Technology
CPC-FOCUS B66C · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Egis 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 46.3 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 15.6 pts (34%) Velocity 4.9 pts (11%) Breadth 16.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Canrig Robotic AS · near

46
Liebherr-werk Ehingen · this assignee

46
Sapience Therapeutics · near

46
Spinal Elements · near

46
Tigo Energy · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Liebherr-werk's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.0 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 Ehingen GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 97.8% of grants classified under B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, Liebherr-werk sits between Egis Technology Inc. and Mirise Technologies Corporation.

Liebherr-werk's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Liebherr-werk Ehingen GMBH moved from 27 to 20 grants (0.74x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Egis Technology

90
Federal-mogul Mot…

90
Hodogaya Chemical

90
Kobayashi Pharmac…

90
Lixil

90
Lashify

90
Medacta Internati…

90
Mirise

90
Liebherr-werk Ehi… ◀

90

What this shows Liebherr-werk holds 90 patents at rank #4,010, 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 #4,010 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 #3 of 428 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Tigo Energy, Inc. 46 Spinal Elements, Inc. 46 Sapience Therapeutics, Inc. 46 Canrig Robotic Technologies AS 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd. 15.4 avg NeuroPace, Inc. 15.4 avg Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V. 15.4 avg TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 15.4 avg

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

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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-werk Ehingen GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	13.3%
2016	8	8.9%
2017	7	7.8%
2018	10	11.1%
2019	12	13.3%
2020	12	13.3%
2021	3	3.3%
2022	5	5.6%
2023	9	10.0%
2024	6	6.7%
2025partial year	6	6.7%

Which technologies does Liebherr-werk Ehingen GMBH patent most?

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 88

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G01G - Weighing 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

Top 15 of 22 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 Ehingen GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Liebherr-werk Ehingen GMBH's lead technology class is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles), 97.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66C
Ranked #4,011 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Liebherr-werk Ehingen GMBH against Egis Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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

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