Where does Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH ranks #33,178 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 Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH hold?

Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH's Innovation Score?

Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH's recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH's patents?

Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH's patents average 17.9 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 Schunk Carbon Technology 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

Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH focus on?

Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH's top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schunk ranks #33,178 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#33,178
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33178 · Foreign Corporation #33,178 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,178/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Scan Systems
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Scan Systems, Corp. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Schunk Carbon… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schunk's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (top 50% 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.

Where Schunk's grants concentrate

Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Schunk sits between Scan Systems, Corp. and SCS Concept S.R.L..

Schunk's three-year grant acceleration

Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Scan Systems

8
Sceneray

8
Schneider Electri…

8
Schock

8
Schutt Sports IP

8
Sciaky

8
Scooterbug

8
SCS Concept S R L

8
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8

What this shows Schunk holds 8 patents at rank #33,144, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schunk

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,144 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Schunk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	3	37.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 7

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

H05F - Static ELECTRICITY; Naturally-occurring Electricity 1

F03D - Wind Motors 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#33,178

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #33,178 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schunk Carbon Technology GMBH against Scan Systems, Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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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