Where does Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH ranks #49,391 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 Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH hold?

Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH's Innovation Score?

Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH has an Innovation Score of 25.3 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH's patents?

Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH's patents average 7.6 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 Ortlieb Sportarikel 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

Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH focus on?

Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH's top technology area is B62J (Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors) with 4 patents, ranking #75 of 298 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: B62J (Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ortlieb ranks #49,391 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#49,391
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.3/100): 7.6
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49391 · Foreign Corporation #49,391 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,391/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Orion Biotech
CPC-NARROW B62J · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Orion Biotech 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 Ortlieb’s 25.3 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 6.2 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (26%) Breadth 7.9 pts (31%) Claim depth 4.6 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ortlieb Sportarikel · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ortlieb's Innovation Score is 25.3/100 (17th 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 Ortlieb?

Each dot is one of Ortlieb’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). Ortlieb’s own 7.6 claims/patent is at or below the 11.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ortlieb's grants concentrate

Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B62J (Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Ortlieb sits between Orion Biotech Inc. and OSI Environmental, LLC..

Ortlieb's three-year grant acceleration

Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Orion Biotech

5
Orion Innovations

5
Orlucent

5
Orthogen

5
Oryza OIL & FAT C…

5
Osang Healthcare

5
Osco Garden B V

5
OSI Environmental

5
Ortlieb Sportarik… ◀

5

What this shows Ortlieb holds 5 patents at rank #49,311, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ortlieb

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,311 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62J (Cycle Saddles OR Seats)

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

Ortlieb's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2023	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH patent most?

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 4

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH's lead technology class is B62J (Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62J
Ranked #49,391 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ortlieb Sportarikel GMBH against Orion Biotech Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.3/100 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.

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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