Where does Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG ranks #12,131 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 Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 33.3 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG'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 Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG'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 Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 20 patents, ranking #58 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Multivac ranks #12,131 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 16 technology areas.

#12,131
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12131 · Foreign Corporation #12,131 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,131/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Marty Gilman
CPC-FOCUS B65B · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Marty Gilman, 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 Multivac’s 33.3 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 11.3 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (42%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eaton Electrical IP… · near

33
Malwarebytes · near

33
Multivac Sepp… · this assignee

33
System General · near

33
Wilo SE · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Multivac's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th 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 Multivac?

Each dot is one of Multivac’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). Multivac’s own 13.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Multivac's grants concentrate

Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Multivac sits between Ming Shin Tools Co., Ltd. and Micron Technologies, Inc..

Ming Shin Tools

25
Minnetronix

25
Mitsubishi Alumin…

25
MU Ionic Solutions

25
Marty Gilman

25
Mediguide

25
Merry

25
Micron

25
Multivac Sepp Hag… ◀

25

What this shows Multivac holds 25 patents at rank #12,117, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Multivac

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,117 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Multivac, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65B (Machines), Multivac ranks #58 of 1,343 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

System General Corp. 33 Malwarebytes Inc. 33 Wilo SE 33 Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG 33

Multivac's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	64.0%
2016	7	28.0%
2017	2	8.0%

Which technologies does Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 20

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 8

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 1

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

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 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

B30B - Presses IN General 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #12,131 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GMBH & Co. KG against Ming Shin Tools Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.3/100 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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