Where does Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS ranks #5,881 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 Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS hold?

Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS's Innovation Score?

Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS has an Innovation Score of 48.1 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%).

Is Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS's patents?

Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS's patents average 20.2 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 Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS 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

Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS

Q: What technology areas does Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS focus on?

Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS's top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 28 patents, ranking #107 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 23 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: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sartorius ranks #5,881 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 23 technology areas.

#5,881
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.1/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5881 · Foreign Corporation #5,881 · 58 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,881/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safran Seats
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safran Seats (±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 Sartorius’s 48.1 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 14.1 pts (29%) Velocity 5.0 pts (10%) Breadth 17.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kinze Manufacturing · near

48
Phase Sensitive… · near

48
Sartorius Stedim… · this assignee

48
Teladoc Health · near

48
Toray Engineering · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sartorius's Innovation Score is 48.1/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Sartorius?

Each dot is one of Sartorius’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). Sartorius’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sartorius's grants concentrate

Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 48.3% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Sartorius sits between Soft Robotics, Inc. and SpeedTech Lights, Inc..

Sartorius's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS moved from 20 to 15 grants (0.75x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Soft Robotics

58
Solarflare Commun…

58
Sorel

58
Safran Seats

58
Seasonal Specialt…

58
Sony Computer Ent…

58
Sony Europe

58
Speedtech Lights

58
Sartorius Stedim… ◀

58

What this shows Sartorius holds 58 patents at rank #5,885, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sartorius

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,885 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sartorius, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials), Sartorius ranks #107 of 3,365 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc. 48 Teladoc Health, Inc. 48 Toray Engineering Co., Ltd. 48 Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.2 here).

Akoustis, Inc. 20.2 avg Accuray Incorporated 20.2 avg Harris Corporation 20.2 avg 2236008 Ontario Inc. 20.2 avg

Sartorius'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 · 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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Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	12.1%
2016	8	13.8%
2017	2	3.4%
2018	4	6.9%
2019	7	12.1%
2020	9	15.5%
2021	4	6.9%
2022	1	1.7%
2023	7	12.1%
2024	7	12.1%
2025partial year	2	3.4%

Which technologies does Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 28

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 28

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 13

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 12

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 12

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 12

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 8

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 3

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 3

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

Top 15 of 23 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

Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS's lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 48.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #5,881 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS against Soft Robotics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.1/100 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

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