Where does Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG ranks #25,139 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 Technologies GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd percentile 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 Technologies GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is D01H (Spinning OR Twisting) with 9 patents, ranking #6 of 36 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +800% 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 Technologies GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 9.0 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 Technologies GmbH & Co. KG 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 Technologies GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 12 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saurer ranks #25,139 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 12 technology areas.

#25,139
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: +800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25139 · Foreign Corporation #25,139 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,139/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Salvia BioElectronic…
CPC-FOCUS D01H · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Salvia BioElectronics 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 32.9 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 8.6 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 12.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Saurer & KG · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Saurer's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd percentile 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 9.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 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 Technologies GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under D01H (Spinning OR Twisting). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Saurer sits between Salvia BioElectronics B.V. and Seagate Technologies LLC.

Saurer's three-year grant acceleration

Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Salvia Bioelectro…

11
Sancilio &

11
Sandar Industries

11
Sassy Woof

11
Schneider Electri…

11
Scope Holdings

11
Scout Exchange

11
Seagate

11
Saurer & KG ◀

11

What this shows Saurer holds 11 patents at rank #25,223, 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 #25,223 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)

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% 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 Technologies GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	9.1%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	4	36.4%
2023	1	9.1%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

D01H - Spinning OR Twisting 9

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 5

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 4

D07B - Ropes OR Cables IN General 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

D02J - Finishing OR Dressing OF Filaments, Yarns, Threads, Cords, Ropes OR THE Like 1

D06B - Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours 1

D06C - Finishing, Dressing, Tentering OR Stretching Textile Fabrics 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

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

Top 12 of 12 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 Technologies GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is D01H (Spinning OR Twisting), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D01H
Ranked #25,139 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG against Salvia BioElectronics B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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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