Where does NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH ranks #11,363 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 NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH hold?

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH's Innovation Score?

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH has an Innovation Score of 40.2 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH focus on?

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 22 patents, ranking #690 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH's patents?

NETZSCH-Gerätebau 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 NETZSCH-Gerätebau 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

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 14 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Netzsch-gerätebau ranks #11,363 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 14 technology areas.

#11,363
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.2/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11363 · Foreign Corporation #11,363 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,363/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Munters
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Munters Corporation (±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 Netzsch-gerätebau’s 40.2 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 (29%) Velocity 7.6 pts (19%) Breadth 13.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Iogen Energy · near

40
Ipsen Biopharm · near

40
NETZSCH-Gerätebau · this assignee

40
Tearscience · near

40
Ultra-Mek · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Netzsch-gerätebau's Innovation Score is 40.2/100 (top 36% 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 Netzsch-gerätebau?

Each dot is one of Netzsch-gerätebau’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). Netzsch-gerätebau’s own 13.1 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Netzsch-gerätebau's grants concentrate

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 81.5% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Netzsch-gerätebau sits between Munters Corporation and NRI R&D Patent Licensing, LLC.

Netzsch-gerätebau's three-year grant acceleration

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Munters

27
National Defense…

27
National Science…

27
Netzch-feinmahlte…

27
Nextronics Engine…

27
Nikon Metrology

27
Northrop Grumman…

27
NRI R&D Patent Li…

27
Netzsch-gerätebau ◀

27

What this shows NETZSCH-Gerätebau holds 27 patents at rank #11,358, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NETZSCH-Gerätebau

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,358 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in NETZSCH-Gerätebau's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NETZSCH-Gerätebau, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), NETZSCH-Gerätebau ranks #690 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Ultra-Mek, Inc. 40 Iogen Energy Corporation 40 Tearscience, Inc. 40 Ipsen Biopharm Limited 40

Netzsch-gerätebau's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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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NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.7%
2016	2	7.4%
2017	3	11.1%
2018	3	11.1%
2019	3	11.1%
2020	2	7.4%
2021	2	7.4%
2022	3	11.1%
2023	1	3.7%
2024	4	14.8%
2025partial year	3	11.1%

Which technologies does NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 22

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 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

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

B01B - BOILING; Boiling Apparatus ; ; EVAPORATION; Evaporation Apparatus 1

B01D - Separation 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 14 of 14 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

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 81.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #11,363 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH against Munters Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.2/100 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

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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