Where does Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. ranks #5,540 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.'s recent grant velocity is +55% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.'s patents?

Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.'s patents average 7.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.

Q: How is the Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 62 granted patents across 32 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: E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Plasser ranks #5,540 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 62 patents across 32 technology areas.

#5,540
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.5/100): 7.9
avg claims per patent: +55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5540 · Foreign Corporation #5,540 · 62 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 62 grants
UPPER-Q #5,540/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Organo
CPC-FOCUS E01B · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Organo Corporation (±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 Plasser’s 41.5 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 14.3 pts (34%) Velocity 2.4 pts (6%) Breadth 20.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GE Jenbacher OG · near

42
Hyperfine Research · near

42
Innodisk · near

42
Metrologic Instruments · near

42
Plasser & Theurer… · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Plasser's Innovation Score is 41.5/100 (top 33% 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 Plasser?

Each dot is one of Plasser’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). Plasser’s own 7.9 claims/patent is at or below the 12.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Plasser's grants concentrate

Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 93.5% of grants classified under E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Plasser sits between Organo Corporation and Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc..

Plasser's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. moved from 33 to 12 grants (0.36x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Organo

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Pacific Industrial

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Perfectvision Man…

62
Parallels IP Hold…

62
Provenance Asset…

62
Recaro Aircraft S…

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Rolex Watch U

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Plasser & Theurer… ◀

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What this shows Plasser holds 62 patents at rank #5,538, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Plasser

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,538 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E01B (Permanent WAY)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Plasser, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E01B (Permanent WAY), Plasser ranks #1 of 117 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. 42 Hyperfine Research, Inc. 42 GE Jenbacher GmbH Co OG 42 Innodisk Corporation 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.9 here).

HMD Global Oy 7.9 avg V Technology Co., Ltd. 7.9 avg Saginomiya Seisakusho, Inc. 7.9 avg Amada Co., Ltd. 7.9 avg

Plasser's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% 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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Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.2%
2016	2	3.2%
2017	3	4.8%
2018	4	6.5%
2019	11	17.7%
2020	14	22.6%
2021	8	12.9%
2022	5	8.1%
2023	4	6.5%
2024	3	4.8%
2025partial year	6	9.7%

Which technologies does Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. patent most?

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 58

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 9

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 6

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 6

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 5

B61K - Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 3

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

E01H - Street CLEANING; Cleaning OF Permanent WAYS; Cleaning BEACHES; Dispersing ; OR PREVENTING; FOG IN General ; Cleaning Street OR Railway Furniture OR Tunnel Walls 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

B61C - LOCOMOTIVES; Motor Railcars 2

Top 15 of 32 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

Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.'s lead technology class is E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds), 93.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E01B
Ranked #5,540 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. against Organo Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.5/100 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

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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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