Where does Schukra Geratebau GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schukra Geratebau GmbH ranks #18,078 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 Schukra Geratebau GmbH hold?

Schukra Geratebau GmbH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Schukra Geratebau GmbH's Innovation Score?

Schukra Geratebau GmbH has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Schukra Geratebau GmbH focus on?

Schukra Geratebau GmbH's top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 16 patents, ranking #85 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Schukra Geratebau GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schukra Geratebau GmbH's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Schukra Geratebau GmbH's patents?

Schukra Geratebau GmbH's patents average 16.3 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 Schukra Geratebau 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

Schukra Geratebau GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 19 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schukra ranks #18,078 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 19 technology areas.

#18,078
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18078 · Foreign Corporation #18,078 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,078/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Santak (Shenzhen)
CPC-FOCUS B60N · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Santak Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (±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 Schukra’s 37.2 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 9.8 pts (26%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 15.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Schukra Geratebau · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schukra's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Schukra?

Each dot is one of Schukra’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). Schukra’s own 16.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Schukra's grants concentrate

Schukra Geratebau GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Schukra sits between Santak Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. and Segan Industries, Inc..

Schukra's three-year grant acceleration

Schukra Geratebau GmbH shows 2 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.

Santak (Shenzhen)

16
Sasol Germany

16
Schillinger Genet…

16
Schroth Safety Pr…

16
Scientific Compon…

16
Seahorse Equipment

16
Seakr Engineering

16
Segan Industries

16
Schukra Geratebau ◀

16

What this shows Schukra holds 16 patents at rank #18,121, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schukra

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,121 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Schukra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% 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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Schukra Geratebau GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	12.5%
2016	2	12.5%
2017	3	18.8%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	2	12.5%
2020	3	18.8%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Schukra Geratebau GmbH patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 16

F16H - Gearing 5

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F15D - Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids 1

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

Top 15 of 19 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

Schukra Geratebau GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schukra Geratebau GmbH's lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #18,078 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schukra Geratebau GmbH against Santak Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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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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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