Where does Palfinger AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Palfinger AG ranks #14,843 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 Palfinger AG hold?

Palfinger AG holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Palfinger AG's Innovation Score?

Palfinger AG has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Palfinger AG focus on?

Palfinger AG's top technology area is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles) with 12 patents, ranking #37 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Palfinger AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Palfinger AG's recent grant velocity is -10% 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 Palfinger AG's patents?

Palfinger AG's patents average 15.7 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 Palfinger 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

Palfinger AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 15 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: B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Palfinger ranks #14,843 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 15 technology areas.

#14,843
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14843 · Foreign Corporation #14,843 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,843/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH OtoNexus Medical
CPC-FOCUS B66C · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -10% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: OtoNexus Medical Technologies, 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 Palfinger’s 39.5 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 10.5 pts (27%) Velocity 5.8 pts (15%) Breadth 13.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Palfinger · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Palfinger's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 Palfinger?

Each dot is one of Palfinger’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). Palfinger’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Palfinger's grants concentrate

Palfinger AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Palfinger sits between OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc. and Peugeot Saveurs.

Palfinger's three-year grant acceleration

Palfinger AG shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Otonexus Medical

20
Otsuka Medical De…

20
Owl biomedical

20
Paion UK

20
PAN Pacific Plast…

20
Paris Sciences ET…

20
Penthera Partners

20
Peugeot Saveurs

20
Palfinger ◀

20

What this shows Palfinger holds 20 patents at rank #14,838, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Palfinger

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,838 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66C (Cranes)

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

Palfinger's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% 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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Palfinger AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.0%
2017	2	10.0%
2019	6	30.0%
2021	2	10.0%
2022	3	15.0%
2023	3	15.0%
2024	1	5.0%
2025partial year	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Palfinger AG patent most?

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 12

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 7

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

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

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01G - Weighing 1

Top 15 of 15 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

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

Palfinger AG's lead technology class is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66C
Ranked #14,843 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Palfinger AG against OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.