Where does Preciflex SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Preciflex SA ranks #19,037 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 Preciflex SA hold?

Preciflex SA holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Preciflex SA's Innovation Score?

Preciflex SA has an Innovation Score of 38.1 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Preciflex SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Preciflex SA's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Preciflex SA's patents?

Preciflex SA's patents average 21.9 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.

How is the Preciflex SA 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

Preciflex SA

Q: What technology areas does Preciflex SA focus on?

Preciflex SA's top technology area is G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars) with 14 patents. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 19 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: G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Preciflex ranks #19,037 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 19 technology areas.

#19,037
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.1/100): 21.9
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19037 · Foreign Corporation #19,037 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,037/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Piramal Imaging
CPC-FOCUS G04B · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Piramal Imaging SA (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Preciflex · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Preciflex's Innovation Score is 38.1/100 (top 42% 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.

Where Preciflex's grants concentrate

Preciflex SA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 93.3% of grants classified under G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Preciflex sits between Piramal Imaging SA and Psioxus Therapeutics Limited.

Piramal Imaging

15
Pneumatic Scale

15
Polytherics

15
Poul Chang Metal…

15
Probi AB

15
Prometheus Biosci…

15
PRS Medical

15
Psioxus Therapeut…

15
Preciflex ◀

15

What this shows Preciflex holds 15 patents at rank #19,007, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Preciflex

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,007 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR Watches)

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

Preciflex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% 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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Preciflex SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2016	1	6.7%
2017	2	13.3%
2018	2	13.3%
2019	3	20.0%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	1	6.7%
2025partial year	3	20.0%

Which technologies does Preciflex SA patent most?

G04B - Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars 14

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 4

G04C - Electromechanical Clocks OR Watches 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

G12B - Constructional Details OF Instruments, OR Comparable Details OF Other Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

G04F - Time-interval Measuring 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

G04G - Electronic Time-pieces 1

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

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#19,037

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

38.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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Preciflex SA's lead technology class is G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G04B
Ranked #19,037 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Preciflex SA against Piramal Imaging SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.1/100 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

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