Where does manroland web systems GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), manroland web systems GmbH ranks #36,358 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 manroland web systems GmbH hold?

manroland web systems GmbH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2017, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is manroland web systems GmbH's Innovation Score?

manroland web systems GmbH 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%).

What technology areas does manroland web systems GmbH focus on?

manroland web systems GmbH's top technology area is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses) with 6 patents, ranking #55 of 286 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is manroland web systems GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

manroland web systems GmbH's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 manroland web systems GmbH's patents?

manroland web systems GmbH's patents average 13.1 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 manroland web systems 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

manroland web systems GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2017. 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: B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, manroland ranks #36,358 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 15 technology areas.

#36,358
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36358 · Foreign Corporation #36,358 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,358/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH inviCro
CPC-FOCUS B41F · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: inviCro, LLC (±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 manroland’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 7.2 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (48%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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manroland web systems · this assignee

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What this shows manroland'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 manroland?

Each dot is one of manroland’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). manroland’s own 13.1 claims/patent is at or below the 18.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where manroland's grants concentrate

manroland web systems GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses). By volume, manroland sits between inviCro, LLC and shallow.AI Inc..

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What this shows manroland holds 7 patents at rank #38,466, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near manroland

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,466 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses)

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

manroland'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

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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manroland web systems GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	7	100.0%

Which technologies does manroland web systems GmbH patent most?

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 6

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

B42C - Bookbinding 1

B42B - Permanently Attaching Together Sheets, Quires OR Signatures OR Permanently Attaching Objects Thereto 1

B31F - Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

B41L - Apparatus OR Devices FOR Manifolding, Duplicating OR Printing FOR Office OR Other Commercial PURPOSES; Addressing Machines OR Like Series-printing Machines 1

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 1

Top 15 of 15 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

manroland web systems GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

manroland web systems GmbH's lead technology class is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41F
Ranked #36,358 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare manroland web systems GmbH against inviCro, LLC, 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

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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