Where does Schenck Process Europe GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schenck Process Europe GmbH ranks #17,154 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 Schenck Process Europe GmbH hold?

Schenck Process Europe GmbH holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Schenck Process Europe GmbH's Innovation Score?

Schenck Process Europe GmbH has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Schenck Process Europe GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schenck Process Europe GmbH's recent grant velocity is +333% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Schenck Process Europe GmbH's patents?

Schenck Process Europe GmbH's patents average 15.0 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 Schenck Process Europe GmbH 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

Schenck Process Europe GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Schenck Process Europe GmbH focus on?

Schenck Process Europe GmbH's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 8 patents, ranking #261 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schenck ranks #17,154 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 16 technology areas.

#17,154
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: +333%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17154 · Foreign Corporation #17,154 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,154/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sapphire
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +333% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sapphire Technologies, Inc. (±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 Schenck’s 45.1 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 10.0 pts (22%) Velocity 12.0 pts (27%) Breadth 14.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Schenck Process Europe · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schenck's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 Schenck?

Each dot is one of Schenck’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). Schenck’s own 15.0 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Schenck's grants concentrate

Schenck Process Europe GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 47.1% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Schenck sits between Sapphire Technologies, Inc. and SeekOps Inc..

Schenck's three-year grant acceleration

Schenck Process Europe GmbH shows 9 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.

Sapphire

17
Sapporo Breweries

17
Scality

17
Schaltbau

17
Schweitzer Maudui…

17
Scott Health & Sa…

17
Searete

17
Seekops

17
Schenck Process E… ◀

17

What this shows Schenck holds 17 patents at rank #17,204, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schenck

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,204 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Schenck's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Schenck Process Europe GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	11.8%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	3	17.6%
2022	4	23.5%
2023	3	17.6%
2024	2	11.8%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Schenck Process Europe GmbH patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 8

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B61K - Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

G01G - Weighing 2

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

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

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 1

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

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

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

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

Top 15 of 16 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

Schenck Process Europe GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schenck Process Europe GmbH's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 47.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #17,154 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schenck Process Europe GmbH against Sapphire Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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

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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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