Where does NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH ranks #11,362 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 NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH hold?

NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH's Innovation Score?

NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH focus on?

NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH's top technology area is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain) with 15 patents, ranking #13 of 384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH's recent grant velocity is +89% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH's patents?

NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH's patents average 14.8 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 NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik 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

NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 13 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: B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Netzch-feinmahltechnik ranks #11,362 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 13 technology areas.

#11,362
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: +89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11362 · Foreign Corporation #11,362 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,362/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MorphoTrak
CPC-FOCUS B02C · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MorphoTrak, 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 Netzch-feinmahltechnik’s 37.2 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 11.5 pts (31%) Velocity 4.1 pts (11%) Breadth 12.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Crimson Trace · near

37
Easton Diamond Sports · near

37
Intelligent Medical… · near

37
NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik · this assignee

37
Think Green · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Netzch-feinmahltechnik's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Netzch-feinmahltechnik?

Each dot is one of Netzch-feinmahltechnik’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). Netzch-feinmahltechnik’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Netzch-feinmahltechnik's grants concentrate

NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Netzch-feinmahltechnik sits between MorphoTrak, LLC and Northrop Grumman Litef GMBH.

Netzch-feinmahltechnik's three-year grant acceleration

NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Morphotrak

27
Munters

27
National Defense…

27
National Science…

27
Netzsch-gerätebau

27
Nextronics Engine…

27
Nikon Metrology

27
Northrop Grumman…

27
Netzch-feinmahlte… ◀

27

What this shows NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik holds 27 patents at rank #11,357, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,357 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B02C (Crushing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B02C (Crushing), NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik ranks #13 of 384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Think Green Limited 37 Easton Diamond Sports, LLC 37 Crimson Trace Corporation 37 Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc. 37

Netzch-feinmahltechnik's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% 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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NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.7%
2017	1	3.7%
2018	3	11.1%
2019	4	14.8%
2020	4	14.8%
2021	5	18.5%
2022	5	18.5%
2023	2	7.4%
2024	1	3.7%
2025partial year	1	3.7%

Which technologies does NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH patent most?

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 15

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 5

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 4

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 3

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

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 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 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

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

F16H - Gearing 1

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 1

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 1

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 1

Top 13 of 13 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

NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH's lead technology class is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B02C
Ranked #11,362 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NETZCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH against MorphoTrak, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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

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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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