Where does Saurer Intelligent Technology AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saurer Intelligent Technology AG ranks #20,368 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 Saurer Intelligent Technology AG hold?

Saurer Intelligent Technology AG holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Saurer Intelligent Technology AG's Innovation Score?

Saurer Intelligent Technology AG has an Innovation Score of 46.9 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Saurer Intelligent Technology AG focus on?

Saurer Intelligent Technology AG's top technology area is D01H (Spinning OR Twisting) with 11 patents, ranking #5 of 36 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Saurer Intelligent Technology AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Saurer Intelligent Technology AG.

What does claim depth mean for Saurer Intelligent Technology AG's patents?

Saurer Intelligent Technology AG's patents average 12.5 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 Saurer Intelligent Technology AG 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

Saurer Intelligent Technology AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: D01H (Spinning OR Twisting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saurer ranks #20,368 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 8 technology areas.

#20,368
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.9/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20368 · Foreign Corporation #20,368 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,368/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saltel Industries
CPC-NARROW D01H · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saltel Industries (±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 Saurer’s 46.9 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 9.4 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 10.0 pts (21%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Saurer Intelligent… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Saurer's Innovation Score is 46.9/100 (top 20% 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 Saurer?

Each dot is one of Saurer’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). Saurer’s own 12.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Saurer's grants concentrate

Saurer Intelligent Technology AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under D01H (Spinning OR Twisting). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Saurer sits between Saltel Industries and Schneider Electric Automation GmbH.

Saurer's three-year grant acceleration

Saurer Intelligent Technology AG shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Saltel Industries

14
Samantree Medical

14
Sami-sabinsa Group

14
Samsung E&A

14
Scambia Holdings…

14
Schaft

14
Schaublin

14
Schneider Electri…

14
Saurer Intelligen… ◀

14

What this shows Saurer holds 14 patents at rank #20,420, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Saurer

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,420 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D01H (Spinning OR Twisting)

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

Saurer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Saurer Intelligent Technology AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	7.1%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	9	64.3%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Saurer Intelligent Technology AG patent most?

D01H - Spinning OR Twisting 11

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 4

D02J - Finishing OR Dressing OF Filaments, Yarns, Threads, Cords, Ropes OR THE Like 3

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 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

D06H - Marking, Inspecting, Seaming OR Severing Textile Materials 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Saurer Intelligent Technology AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saurer Intelligent Technology AG's lead technology class is D01H (Spinning OR Twisting), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D01H
Ranked #20,368 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saurer Intelligent Technology AG against Saltel Industries, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.9/100 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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