Where does Pepperl+Fuchs SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pepperl+Fuchs SE ranks #16,279 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 Pepperl+Fuchs SE hold?

Pepperl+Fuchs SE holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Pepperl+Fuchs SE's Innovation Score?

Pepperl+Fuchs SE 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 Pepperl+Fuchs SE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Pepperl+Fuchs SE.

What does claim depth mean for Pepperl+Fuchs SE's patents?

Pepperl+Fuchs SE's patents average 14.1 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 Pepperl+Fuchs SE 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

Pepperl+Fuchs SE

Q: What technology areas does Pepperl+Fuchs SE focus on?

Pepperl+Fuchs SE's top technology area is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves) with 7 patents, ranking #747 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pepperl+fuchs ranks #16,279 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 29 technology areas.

#16,279
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.3/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16279 · Foreign Corporation #16,279 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,279/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Papierfabrik August…
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Papierfabrik August Koehler SE (±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 Pepperl+fuchs’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 10.2 pts (23%) Velocity 7.6 pts (17%) Breadth 19.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pepperl+Fuchs SE · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pepperl+fuchs'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 Pepperl+fuchs?

Each dot is one of Pepperl+fuchs’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). Pepperl+fuchs’s own 14.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pepperl+fuchs's grants concentrate

Pepperl+Fuchs SE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 38.9% of grants classified under G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Pepperl+fuchs sits between Papierfabrik August Koehler SE and Placements Gaston Houle Inc..

Pepperl+fuchs's three-year grant acceleration

Pepperl+Fuchs SE shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Papierfabrik Augu…

18
Paragraf

18
Peloton Therapeut…

18
Penta Security Sy…

18
Pet Fusion

18
Pfanner Schutzbek…

18
Phillips-medisize…

18
Placements Gaston…

18
Pepperl+Fuchs SE ◀

18

What this shows Pepperl+Fuchs holds 18 patents at rank #16,285, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pepperl+Fuchs

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,285 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Pepperl+Fuchs's primary technology class.

Pepperl+fuchs'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 · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Pepperl+Fuchs SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	5.6%
2021	6	33.3%
2022	2	11.1%
2023	3	16.7%
2024	3	16.7%
2025partial year	3	16.7%

Which technologies does Pepperl+Fuchs SE patent most?

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 7

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 2

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 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 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

Top 15 of 29 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

Pepperl+Fuchs SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pepperl+Fuchs SE's lead technology class is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra), 38.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #16,279 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pepperl+Fuchs SE against Papierfabrik August Koehler SE, 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.

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.