Overall rank by patents
#18,079
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: Y02T (CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Schunk ranks #18,079 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 11 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18079 · Foreign Corporation #18,079 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Sauer 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Schunk Transit Systems · this assignee
39 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Schunk Transit Systems Gmbh stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, SPAN-YRS, BOOK-RICH. Volume places it #18,079 of 50,000; Innovation Score 38.6/100 sits in the top 40% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Sauer Gmbh (±0 grants).
Schunk Transit Systems Gmbh has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2020 and 2024, placing Schunk Transit Systems Gmbh at #18,079 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 11 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in Y02T (CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION). As a Foreign Corporation, Schunk Transit Systems Gmbh is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Schunk sits between Sauer Gmbh (16 patents, rank #18,064) and Secop Gmbh (16 patents, rank #18,072) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 38.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Historical data spans 2020 through 2024, with 16 total grants over that period. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Schunk Transit Systems Gmbh's 17.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 11 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
SAUER GmbH
16 patents
SAUNA WORKS INC.
16 patents
SAVIOKE INC.
16 patents
SCHOOL JURIDICAL PERSON THE KITASATO INSTITUTE
16 patents
SCOTT & WHITE HEALTHCARE
16 patents
SEAL-RYT CORP.
16 patents
SECA AG
16 patents
SECOP GMBH
16 patents
SCHUNK TRANSIT SYSTEMS GMBH
16 patents
What this shows Schunk holds 16 patents at rank #18,068, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,068 in granted patent volume.
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)
39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2021 | 5 | 31.3% |
| 2022 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2024 | 2 | 12.5% |
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#18,079
of 50,000 tracked assignees
38.6 out of 100
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