Where does Oetiker Schweiz AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Oetiker Schweiz AG ranks #12,150 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 Oetiker Schweiz AG hold?

Oetiker Schweiz AG holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Oetiker Schweiz AG's Innovation Score?

Oetiker Schweiz AG has an Innovation Score of 45.3 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Oetiker Schweiz AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Oetiker Schweiz AG's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Oetiker Schweiz AG's patents?

Oetiker Schweiz AG's patents average 9.1 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 Oetiker Schweiz AG 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

Oetiker Schweiz AG

Q: What technology areas does Oetiker Schweiz AG focus on?

Oetiker Schweiz AG's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 20 patents, ranking #90 of 1,907 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 2016–2025. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Oetiker ranks #12,150 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 16 technology areas.

#12,150
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.3/100): 9.1
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12150 · Foreign Corporation #12,150 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,150/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Obalon Therapeutics
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Obalon Therapeutics, 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 Oetiker’s 45.3 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 (25%) Velocity 14.4 pts (32%) Breadth 14.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bioness · near

45
Dango Products · near

45
Deckel Maho Pfronten · near

45
Diehl Defence & KG · near

45
Oetiker Schweiz · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Oetiker's Innovation Score is 45.3/100 (top 24% 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 Oetiker?

Each dot is one of Oetiker’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). Oetiker’s own 9.1 claims/patent is at or below the 19.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Oetiker's grants concentrate

Oetiker Schweiz AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Oetiker sits between Opko Ireland Global Holdings, Ltd. and Out Rage, LLC.

Oetiker's three-year grant acceleration

Oetiker Schweiz AG shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Opko Ireland Glob…

25
Optimizely

25
OPW Fueling Compo…

25
Obalon Therapeuti…

25
Onyx Therapeutics

25
Optodot

25
Oscor

25
Out Rage

25
Oetiker Schweiz ◀

25

What this shows Oetiker holds 25 patents at rank #12,150, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Oetiker

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,150 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Oetiker, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16L (Pipes), Oetiker ranks #90 of 1,907 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG 45 Dango Products, LLC 45 Bioness Inc. 45 Deckel Maho Pfronten GmbH 45

Oetiker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Oetiker Schweiz AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.0%
2017	2	8.0%
2018	2	8.0%
2019	3	12.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2021	2	8.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2023	3	12.0%
2024	9	36.0%
2025partial year	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Oetiker Schweiz AG patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 20

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

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

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

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

Oetiker Schweiz AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Oetiker Schweiz AG's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #12,150 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Oetiker Schweiz AG against Opko Ireland Global Holdings, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.3/100 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.

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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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