Where does Schott AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schott AG ranks #773 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 Schott AG hold?

Schott AG holds 594 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 166 technology areas.

What is Schott AG's Innovation Score?

Schott AG has an Innovation Score of 64.8 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Schott AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schott AG's recent grant velocity is +14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Schott AG's patents?

Schott AG's patents average 19.1 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 Schott AG 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

Schott AG

Q: What technology areas does Schott AG focus on?

Schott AG's top technology area is 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) with 300 patents, ranking #2 of 498 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 166 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 594 granted patents across 166 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: 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 MA).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schott ranks #773 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 594 patents across 166 technology areas.

#773
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (64.8/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R773 · Foreign Corporation #773 · 594 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 594 grants
TOP-DECILE #773/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hunter Fan
CPC-WIDE C03C · 166 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hunter Fan Company (±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 Schott’s 64.8 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 22.1 pts (34%) Velocity 6.3 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aktiebolaget SKF · near

65
Beijing BOE… · near

65
Coloplast A/S · near

65
Schott · this assignee

65
DOW Global · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schott's Innovation Score is 64.8/100 (top 1% 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 Schott?

Each dot is one of Schott’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). Schott’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Schott's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Schott AG received 290 grants versus 254 in 2015–2019 (+14% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 72 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 39. Lead class C03C accounts for 50.5% of the portfolio across 166 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. (#769) and Carnegie Mellon University (#777).

Schott's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Schott AG moved from 186 to 176 grants (0.95x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,340. See the growth leaderboard.

Panasonic Liquid…

597
Hunter Fan

594
Red Hat Israel

594
Sanyo Electric

594
Washington Univer…

594
Schott ◀

594
Open Text

591
Baxter Healthcare

590
Carnegie Mellon U…

589

What this shows Schott holds 594 patents at rank #773, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schott

By rank, the assignees closest to #773 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Schott, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses), Schott ranks #2 of 498 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

DOW Global Technologies LLC 65 Coloplast A/S 65 Aktiebolaget SKF 65 Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Cummins Inc. 19.1 avg Here Global B.V. 19.1 avg WestRock MWV, LLC 19.1 avg Sunnybrook Research Institute 19.1 avg

Schott's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Schott AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	49	8.2%
2016	39	6.6%
2017	52	8.8%
2018	42	7.1%
2019	72	12.1%
2020	64	10.8%
2021	50	8.4%
2022	50	8.4%
2023	59	9.9%
2024	67	11.3%
2025partial year	50	8.4%

Which technologies does Schott AG patent most?

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 300

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 171

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 103

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 72

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 55

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 48

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 46

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 42

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 39

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 39

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 34

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 33

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 29

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 29

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 29

Top 15 of 166 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

Schott AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schott AG's lead technology class is 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 MA), 50.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C03C
Ranked #773 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schott AG against Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.8/100 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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