Where does Retsch GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Retsch GmbH ranks #42,651 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 Retsch GmbH hold?

Retsch GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Retsch GmbH's Innovation Score?

Retsch GmbH has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Retsch GmbH focus on?

Retsch GmbH's top technology area is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain) with 6 patents, ranking #51 of 384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Retsch GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Retsch GmbH's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Retsch GmbH's patents?

Retsch 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 Retsch 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

Retsch GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Retsch ranks #42,651 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#42,651
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42651 · Foreign Corporation #42,651 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,651/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Restore Medical
CPC-NARROW B02C · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Restore Medical Ltd. (±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 Retsch’s 28.3 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 6.7 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (24%) Breadth 7.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Retsch · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Retsch's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th 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 Retsch?

Each dot is one of Retsch’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). Retsch’s own 13.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Retsch's grants concentrate

Retsch GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain). By volume, Retsch sits between Restore Medical Ltd. and Revise Products LLC.

Retsch's three-year grant acceleration

Retsch GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Restore Medical

6
Retail Inkjet Sol…

6
Retech Systems

6
Retrovascular

6
Revmax Performance

6
Revelle Aesthetics

6
Revelution Techno…

6
Revise Products

6
Retsch ◀

6

What this shows Retsch holds 6 patents at rank #42,671, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Retsch

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,671 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B02C (Crushing)

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

Retsch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Retsch GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Retsch GmbH patent most?

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Retsch GmbH's lead technology class is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B02C
Ranked #42,651 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Retsch GmbH against Restore Medical Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.