Where does Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG ranks #27,050 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 Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG hold?

Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG's Innovation Score?

Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG has an Innovation Score of 28.1 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG'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 Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG's patents?

Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG's patents average 17.5 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 Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck 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

Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG

Q: What technology areas does Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG focus on?

Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG's top technology area is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus) with 8 patents, ranking #46 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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: B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Orell ranks #27,050 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 7 technology areas.

#27,050
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.1/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27050 · Foreign Corporation #27,050 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,050/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ondot Systems
CPC-NARROW B42D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ondot Systems, 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 Orell’s 28.1 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 8.3 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Orell's Innovation Score is 28.1/100 (26th 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 Orell?

Each dot is one of Orell’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). Orell’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Orell's grants concentrate

Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Orell sits between Ondot Systems, Inc. and Orthodontic Research AND Development, S.L..

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What this shows Orell holds 10 patents at rank #27,025, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Orell

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,025 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B42D (Books)

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

Orell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	20.0%
2018	3	30.0%
2019	5	50.0%

Which technologies does Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG patent most?

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 8

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

G03H - Holographic Processes OR Apparatus 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG's lead technology class is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B42D
Ranked #27,050 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Orell Fussli Sicherheitsdruck AG against Ondot Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.1/100 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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