Where does Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach ranks #49,266 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 Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach hold?

Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach's Innovation Score?

Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (21st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach'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 Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach's patents?

Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach's patents average 19.6 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 Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach 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

Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach

Q: What technology areas does Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach focus on?

Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach's top technology area is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General) with 4 patents, ranking #522 of 1,658 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Oerlikon ranks #49,266 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#49,266
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49266 · Foreign Corporation #49,266 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,266/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ochanomizu University
CPC-NARROW C23C · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ochanomizu University (±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 Oerlikon’s 26.6 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 6.2 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (44%)

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What this shows Oerlikon's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (21st 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 Oerlikon?

Each dot is one of Oerlikon’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). Oerlikon’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Oerlikon's grants concentrate

Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Oerlikon sits between Ochanomizu University and Ohtake Root Kogyo Co., Ltd..

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What this shows Oerlikon holds 5 patents at rank #49,258, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Oerlikon

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,258 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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

Oerlikon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	80.0%
2019	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach patent most?

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 4

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach's lead technology class is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #49,266 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Oerlikon Trading AG, Truebbach against Ochanomizu University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.6/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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