Where does Rethink Robotics GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rethink Robotics GmbH ranks #10,158 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 Rethink Robotics GmbH hold?

Rethink Robotics GmbH holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Rethink Robotics GmbH's Innovation Score?

Rethink Robotics GmbH has an Innovation Score of 39.4 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rethink Robotics GmbH focus on?

Rethink Robotics GmbH's top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 29 patents, ranking #55 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rethink Robotics GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rethink Robotics GmbH's recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Rethink Robotics GmbH's patents?

Rethink Robotics GmbH's patents average 14.6 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 Rethink Robotics 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

Rethink Robotics GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rethink ranks #10,158 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 15 technology areas.

#10,158
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.4/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10158 · Foreign Corporation #10,158 · 31 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,158/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rambus Delaware
CPC-FOCUS B25J · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rambus Delaware LLC (±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 Rethink’s 39.4 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 12.0 pts (30%) Velocity 5.0 pts (13%) Breadth 13.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AT&T Global Network… · near

39
D & D Group PTY · near

39
Katalyst Surgical · near

39
Rethink Robotics · this assignee

39
THL Holding · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rethink's Innovation Score is 39.4/100 (top 38% 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 Rethink?

Each dot is one of Rethink’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). Rethink’s own 14.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Rethink's grants concentrate

Rethink Robotics GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 93.5% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Rethink sits between Rambus Delaware LLC and Scion Neurostim, Inc..

Rethink's three-year grant acceleration

Rethink Robotics GmbH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Rambus Delaware

31
Ranir

31
Rea deeming Beauty

31
Resolution Produc…

31
Rudolph

31
Samyang Biopharma…

31
SAN Fang Chemical…

31
Scion Neurostim

31
Rethink Robotics ◀

31

What this shows Rethink holds 31 patents at rank #10,161, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rethink

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,161 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rethink, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25J (Manipulators), Rethink ranks #55 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

THL Holding Company, LLC 39 D & D Group PTY Ltd 39 Katalyst Surgical, LLC 39 AT&T Global Network Services Belgium Luxembourg Spri. 39

Rethink's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Rethink Robotics GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	35.5%
2016	6	19.4%
2017	5	16.1%
2018	2	6.5%
2019	3	9.7%
2021	1	3.2%
2022	1	3.2%
2023	1	3.2%
2024	1	3.2%

Which technologies does Rethink Robotics GmbH patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 29

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 20

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 15

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 10

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 10

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

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 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Rethink Robotics GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rethink Robotics GmbH's lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 93.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #10,158 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rethink Robotics GmbH against Rambus Delaware LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.4/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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