Where does Precitec ITM GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Precitec ITM GMBH ranks #49,728 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 Precitec ITM GMBH hold?

Precitec ITM GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Precitec ITM GMBH's Innovation Score?

Precitec ITM GMBH has an Innovation Score of 22.4 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Precitec ITM GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Precitec ITM GMBH's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Precitec ITM GMBH's patents?

Precitec ITM GMBH's patents average 11.4 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 Precitec ITM 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

Precitec ITM GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Precitec ITM GMBH focus on?

Precitec ITM GMBH's top technology area is 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) with 5 patents, ranking #380 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Precitec ranks #49,728 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#49,728
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.4/100): 11.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49728 · Foreign Corporation #49,728 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,728/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Prayon
CPC-NARROW B23K · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Prayon Technologies (±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 Precitec’s 22.4 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 (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Korea Ocean… · near

22
KwikSpace Guam · near

22
Bailey Nurseries · near

22
Ningbo Motorman… · near

22
Precitec ITM · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Precitec's Innovation Score is 22.4/100 (10th 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 Precitec?

Each dot is one of Precitec’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). Precitec’s own 11.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Precitec's grants concentrate

Precitec ITM GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Precitec sits between Prayon Technologies and Presensia.

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Preciosa A S

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Precisionhawk

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Preload Cryogenics

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Premo S L

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Presensia

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What this shows Precitec holds 5 patents at rank #49,578, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Precitec

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,578 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Precitec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering), Precitec ranks #380 of 1,623 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (22 here).

Ningbo Motorman E-commerce Co., Ltd. 22 Bailey Nurseries 22 KwikSpace Guam 22 Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute 22

Precitec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Precitec ITM GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2016	3	60.0%

Which technologies does Precitec ITM GMBH patent most?

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 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

Top 7 of 7 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

Precitec ITM GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Precitec ITM GMBH's lead technology class is 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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #49,728 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Precitec ITM GMBH against Prayon Technologies, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.4/100 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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