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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schneider GmbH & Co. KG ranks #9,615 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 Schneider GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Schneider GmbH & Co. KG holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

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

Schneider GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 50.9 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Schneider GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Schneider GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Schneider GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 22.0 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 Schneider 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

Schneider GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Schneider GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Schneider GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 25 patents, ranking #25 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schneider ranks #9,615 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 25 technology areas.

#9,615
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.9/100): 22.0
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9615 · Foreign Corporation #9,615 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,615/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Salzgitter Flachstahl
CPC-FOCUS B24B · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Salzgitter Flachstahl 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 Schneider’s 50.9 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 12.2 pts (24%) Velocity 7.8 pts (15%) Breadth 17.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sungkyunkwan… · near

51
Open Space Labs · near

51
Saudi Aramco · near

51
Schneider & KG · this assignee

51
Seiren · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schneider's Innovation Score is 50.9/100 (top 12% 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 Schneider?

Each dot is one of Schneider’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). Schneider’s own 22.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Schneider's grants concentrate

Schneider GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 75.8% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Schneider sits between Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH and Sony Europe B.V..

Schneider's three-year grant acceleration

Schneider GmbH & Co. KG shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Salzgitter Flachs…

33
San Diego Gas & E…

33
Sanovas Intellect…

33
Sarcos LC

33
Sensortek Technol…

33
Shenzhen Longzhiy…

33
Siemens

33
Sony Europe B V

33
Schneider & KG ◀

33

What this shows Schneider holds 33 patents at rank #9,623, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schneider

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,623 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Schneider, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B24B (Machines), Schneider ranks #25 of 468 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Saudi Aramco Technologies Company 51 Seiren Co., Ltd. 51 Open Space Labs, Inc. 51 Sungkyunkwan University Foundation FOR Corporate Collaboration of Korea 51

Schneider's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Schneider GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	15.2%
2016	3	9.1%
2017	5	15.2%
2018	4	12.1%
2019	1	3.0%
2020	4	12.1%
2021	1	3.0%
2022	2	6.1%
2023	2	6.1%
2024	3	9.1%
2025partial year	3	9.1%

Which technologies does Schneider GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 25

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 15

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 4

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

B23B - TURNING; Boring 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

Top 15 of 25 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

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

Schneider GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 75.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #9,615 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schneider GmbH & Co. KG against Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.9/100 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.

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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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