Where does Samson Aktiengesellschaft rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Samson Aktiengesellschaft ranks #4,641 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 Samson Aktiengesellschaft hold?

Samson Aktiengesellschaft holds 76 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Samson Aktiengesellschaft's Innovation Score?

Samson Aktiengesellschaft has an Innovation Score of 49.2 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Samson Aktiengesellschaft's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Samson Aktiengesellschaft's recent grant velocity is -3% 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 Samson Aktiengesellschaft's patents?

Samson Aktiengesellschaft's patents average 15.2 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 Samson Aktiengesellschaft 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

Samson Aktiengesellschaft

Q: What technology areas does Samson Aktiengesellschaft focus on?

Samson Aktiengesellschaft's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 62 patents. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 76 granted patents across 35 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Samson ranks #4,641 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 76 patents across 35 technology areas.

#4,641
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.2/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4641 · Foreign Corporation #4,641 · 76 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 76 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,641/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Opex
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Opex Corporation (±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
Lunatech · near

49
Samson Aktiengesells… · this assignee

49
North Atlantic Imports · near

49
Oxford Instruments… · near

49
SK Global Chemical · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Samson's Innovation Score is 49.2/100 (top 15% 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 Samson's grants concentrate

Samson Aktiengesellschaft is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 81.6% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Samson sits between Opex Corporation and Scientific Games International, Inc..

Samson's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Samson Aktiengesellschaft moved from 29 to 18 grants (0.62x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Opex

76
Paris Presents In…

76
Preferred Networks

76
Rochester Institu…

76
Shanghai Research…

76
Sphero

76
Sunnybrook Resear…

76
Scientific Games…

76
Samson Aktiengese… ◀

76

What this shows Samson holds 76 patents at rank #4,641, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Samson

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,641 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

SK Global Chemical Co., Ltd. 49 North Atlantic Imports, LLC 49 Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools Limited 49 Lunatech, LLC 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.2 here).

Basf Agro B.V. 15.2 avg Hanmi Pharm. Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg Leidos, Inc. 15.2 avg Cameron Solutions, Inc. 15.2 avg

Samson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% 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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Samson Aktiengesellschaft patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	9.2%
2016	7	9.2%
2017	3	3.9%
2018	7	9.2%
2019	12	15.8%
2020	11	14.5%
2021	6	7.9%
2022	6	7.9%
2023	2	2.6%
2024	10	13.2%
2025partial year	5	6.6%

Which technologies does Samson Aktiengesellschaft patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 62

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 25

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 12

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 5

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 5

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

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

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

Top 15 of 35 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,641

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.2 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

Samson Aktiengesellschaft's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Samson Aktiengesellschaft's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 81.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #4,641 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Samson Aktiengesellschaft against Opex Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.2/100 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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