Where does Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH ranks #10,165 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 Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH hold?

Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH's Innovation Score?

Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH has an Innovation Score of 45.2 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH focus on?

Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH's top technology area is B21B (Rolling OF Metal) with 17 patents, ranking #15 of 171 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH's recent grant velocity is -52% 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 Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH's patents?

Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH's patents average 16.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH

Q: How is the Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland 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 PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 40 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Sandvik ranks #10,165 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 40 technology areas.

#10,165
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.2/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10165 · Foreign Corporation #10,165 · 31 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,165/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sangmyung University…
CPC-WIDE B21B · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sangmyung University Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation (±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 Sandvik’s 45.2 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 (26%) Velocity 1.0 pts (2%) Breadth 22.4 pts (49%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beijing West… · near

45
Sandvik Materials… · this assignee

45
St Jude Medical · near

45
Guerbet · near

45
The Mosaic · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sandvik's Innovation Score is 45.2/100 (top 24% 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 Sandvik?

Each dot is one of Sandvik’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). Sandvik’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sandvik's grants concentrate

Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 54.8% of grants classified under B21B (Rolling OF Metal). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Sandvik sits between SST Systems, Inc and Security Enhancement Systems, LLC.

Sandvik's three-year grant acceleration

Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

SST Systems

31
ST Jude Medical AB

31
Stmicroelectronic…

31
Sunnybrook Health…

31
Sangmyung Univers…

31
Saronikos Trading…

31
Scorpion Security…

31
Security Enhancem…

31
Sandvik Materials… ◀

31

What this shows Sandvik holds 31 patents at rank #10,178, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sandvik

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,178 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21B (Rolling OF Metal)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sandvik, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B21B (Rolling OF Metal), Sandvik ranks #15 of 171 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Beijing West Industries Co., Ltd. 45 St. Jude Medical, LLC 45 The Mosaic Company 45 Guerbet 45

Sandvik's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.5%
2016	3	9.7%
2017	6	19.4%
2018	4	12.9%
2019	6	19.4%
2020	2	6.5%
2021	6	19.4%
2022	1	3.2%
2023	1	3.2%

Which technologies does Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH patent most?

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 17

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 9

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 6

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 3

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 3

C22C - Alloys 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B27N - Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material 2

Top 15 of 40 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

Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH's lead technology class is B21B (Rolling OF Metal), 54.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21B
Ranked #10,165 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH against SST Systems, Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.2/100 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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