Where does Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. ranks #9,865 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 Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. hold?

Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co.'s Innovation Score?

Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. has an Innovation Score of 40.1 out of 100 (top 37% 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 Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. focus on?

Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co.'s top technology area is D01H (Spinning OR Twisting) with 30 patents, ranking #2 of 36 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co.'s recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co.'s patents?

Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co.'s patents average 9.9 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 Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. 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 Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saurer ranks #9,865 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 11 technology areas.

#9,865
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (40.1/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9865 · Foreign Corporation #9,865 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,865/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sande B V
CPC-FOCUS D01H · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sande. B.V. (±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 40.1 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 12.1 pts (30%) Velocity 10.3 pts (26%) Breadth 11.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Copan Italia S p A · near

40
Kwik Tek · near

40
Musculoskeletal… · near

40
Saurer Spinning… · this assignee

40
Verizon Telematics · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Saurer's Innovation Score is 40.1/100 (top 37% 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 9.9 claims/patent is at or below the 13.5 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 Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under D01H (Spinning OR Twisting). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Saurer sits between Star Co Scientific Technologies Advanced Research Co. and Smith's Consumer Products, Inc..

Saurer's three-year grant acceleration

Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Star Scientific A…

32
Stmicroelectronic…

32
Sunland Informati…

32
Sande B V

32
Seeqc

32
Shenzhen Goldsun…

32
Skier's Choice

32
Smith's Consumer…

32
Saurer Spinning S… ◀

32

What this shows Saurer holds 32 patents at rank #9,879, 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 #9,879 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D01H (Spinning OR Twisting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Saurer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In D01H (Spinning OR Twisting), Saurer ranks #2 of 36 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Copan Italia S.p.A. 40 Kwik Tek, Inc. 40 Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation 40 Verizon Telematics Inc. 40

Saurer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	4	12.5%
2020	1	3.1%
2021	6	18.8%
2022	4	12.5%
2023	6	18.8%
2024	7	21.9%
2025partial year	4	12.5%

Which technologies does Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. patent most?

D01H - Spinning OR Twisting 30

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 17

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

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

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 11 of 11 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 Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co.'s lead technology class is D01H (Spinning OR Twisting), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D01H
Ranked #9,865 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saurer Spinning Solutions GmbH & Co. against Star Co Scientific Technologies Advanced Research Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.1/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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