Where does Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH ranks #5,309 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 Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH hold?

Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH holds 65 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH's Innovation Score?

Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH focus on?

Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH's top technology area is B21B (Rolling OF Metal) with 49 patents. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH's recent grant velocity is +19% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH's patents?

Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH's patents average 13.0 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 Primetals Technologies Germany 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

Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B21B (Rolling OF Metal).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Primetals ranks #5,309 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 28 technology areas.

#5,309
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5309 · Foreign Corporation #5,309 · 65 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
UPPER-Q #5,309/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NovAtel
CPC-FOCUS B21B · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NovAtel 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Avid Technology · near

48
Fastree3d · near

48
Primetals Germany · this assignee

48
UNIVERSITÉ Jean… · near

48
Zoho Private · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Primetals's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 Primetals's grants concentrate

Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 75.4% of grants classified under B21B (Rolling OF Metal). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Primetals sits between NovAtel Inc. and RefleXion Medical, Inc..

Primetals's three-year grant acceleration

Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Novatel

65
Optasense Holdings

65
P4tents1

65
Poclain Hydraulic…

65
Provisur

65
Putzmeister Engin…

65
ReifenhÄUSER & KG…

65
Reflexion Medical

65
Primetals Germany ◀

65

What this shows Primetals holds 65 patents at rank #5,308, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Primetals

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,308 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21B (Rolling OF Metal)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Primetals, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Avid Technology, Inc. 48 Zoho Corporation Private Limited 48 UNIVERSITÉ Jean Monnet Saint-etienne 48 Fastree3d SA 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.0 here).

Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd 13.0 avg Ceva Sante Animale 13.0 avg Belimo Holding AG 13.0 avg GD Midea Air-conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd. 13.0 avg

Primetals's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	4.6%
2017	12	18.5%
2018	7	10.8%
2019	5	7.7%
2020	4	6.2%
2021	9	13.8%
2022	10	15.4%
2023	5	7.7%
2024	4	6.2%
2025partial year	6	9.2%

Which technologies does Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH patent most?

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 49

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 18

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 12

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 5

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 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

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 2

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 2

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06M - Counting MECHANISMS; Counting OF Objects NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

Top 15 of 28 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,309

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.0 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

Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH's lead technology class is B21B (Rolling OF Metal), 75.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21B
Ranked #5,309 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Primetals Technologies Germany GMBH against NovAtel Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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

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