Where does Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG ranks #27,322 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 Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 24.6 out of 100 (15th 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 Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming) with 9 patents, ranking #49 of 307 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 16.9 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 Schmidt & Bender 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

Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schmidt ranks #27,322 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#27,322
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.6/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27322 · Foreign Corporation #27,322 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,322/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sarstedt & KG
CPC-NARROW F41G · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sarstedt AG & Co. KG (±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 Schmidt’s 24.6 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 8.3 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Schmidt & Bender & KG · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schmidt's Innovation Score is 24.6/100 (15th 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 Schmidt?

Each dot is one of Schmidt’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). Schmidt’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Schmidt's grants concentrate

Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Schmidt sits between Sarstedt AG & Co. KG and Sebela VLC Limited.

Sarstedt & KG

10
Sartorius Biohit…

10
Sartorius Stedim…

10
Satio

10
Scorrboard

10
Sepro

10
Seadronix

10
Sebela VLC

10
Schmidt & Bender… ◀

10

What this shows Schmidt holds 10 patents at rank #27,428, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schmidt

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,428 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41G (Weapon Sights)

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

Schmidt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41G
Ranked #27,322 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG against Sarstedt AG & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.6/100 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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