Where does Schaublin Sa rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schaublin Sa ranks #20,372 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Schaublin Sa hold?

Schaublin Sa holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Schaublin Sa's Innovation Score?

Schaublin Sa has an Innovation Score of 34.7 out of 100 (top 52% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Schaublin Sa's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schaublin Sa's recent grant velocity is +80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Schaublin Sa's patents?

Schaublin Sa's patents average 16.8 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 Schaublin Sa 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

Schaublin Sa

Q: What technology areas does Schaublin Sa focus on?

Schaublin Sa's top technology area is F16C (SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: F16C (SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schaublin ranks #20,372 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 13 technology areas.

#20,372
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 52%
by Innovation Score (34.7/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20372 · Foreign Corporation #20,372 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,372/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Samsung E&A
CPC-FOCUS F16C · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samsung E&A Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Schaublin · this assignee

35
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Schaublin's Innovation Score is 34.7/100 (top 52% 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.

Where Schaublin's grants concentrate

Schaublin Sa is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under F16C (SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Schaublin sits between Samsung E&A Co., Ltd. and Scientia Potentia Est., Llc.

Samsung E&A

14
Saurer Intelligen…

14
Scambia Holdings…

14
Schaft

14
Schneider Electri…

14
School Azabu Vete…

14
Schwartz

14
Scientia Potentia…

14
Schaublin ◀

14

What this shows Schaublin holds 14 patents at rank #20,423, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schaublin

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,423 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16C (Shafts)

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

Schaublin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 52% higher than 48% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Schaublin Sa patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	3	21.4%
2021	3	21.4%
2023	3	21.4%

Which technologies does Schaublin Sa patent most?

F16C - SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS 8

B23B - TURNING; BORING 6

B64C - AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS 2

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 2

B62D - MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS 1

B60G - VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS 1

B64D - EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT 1

F16D - COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES 1

B25B - TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES 1

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 1

B23K - SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM 1

F16J - PISTONS ; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#20,372

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

34.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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