Where does Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH ranks #42,828 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH's Innovation Score?

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH has an Innovation Score of 29.8 out of 100 (32nd 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 Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH focus on?

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH's top technology area is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration) with 4 patents, ranking #177 of 892 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH's patents?

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH's patents average 13.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH

Q: How many patents does Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH hold?

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 13 technology areas.

Q: How is the Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Scherdel ranks #42,828 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 13 technology areas.

#42,828
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.8/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42828 · Foreign Corporation #42,828 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,828/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Scansonic MI
CPC-FOCUS F16F · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Scansonic MI GmbH (±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 Scherdel’s 29.8 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 12.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Scherdel Innotec… · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Scherdel's Innovation Score is 29.8/100 (32nd 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 Scherdel?

Each dot is one of Scherdel’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). Scherdel’s own 13.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Scherdel's grants concentrate

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Scherdel sits between Scansonic MI GmbH and Schwing Bioset, Inc..

Scherdel's three-year grant acceleration

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Scansonic MI

6
Scentlok

6
Schaefer Kalk & KG

6
Scheppach Fabrika…

6
Schiller Sports

6
Schroff Internati…

6
Schwarze Industri…

6
Schwing Bioset

6
Scherdel Innotec… ◀

6

What this shows Scherdel holds 6 patents at rank #43,107, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Scherdel

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,107 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16F (Springs)

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

Scherdel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	2	33.3%
2022	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH patent most?

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

F16H - Gearing 1

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH's lead technology class is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16F
Ranked #42,828 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Scherdel Innotec Forschungs- Und Entwicklungs- GmbH against Scansonic MI GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.8/100 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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