Where does Schurter AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schurter AG ranks #27,323 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 Schurter AG hold?

Schurter AG holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Schurter AG's Innovation Score?

Schurter AG has an Innovation Score of 23.8 out of 100 (13th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Schurter AG focus on?

Schurter AG's top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 6 patents, ranking #203 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

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

Schurter AG's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Schurter AG's patents?

Schurter AG's patents average 11.9 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 Schurter 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

Schurter AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 2 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schurter ranks #27,323 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 2 technology areas.

#27,323
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.8/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27323 · Foreign Corporation #27,323 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,323/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sauter Feinmechanik
CPC-NARROW H01H · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sauter Feinmechanik 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 Schurter’s 23.8 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 8.3 pts (35%) Velocity 3.3 pts (14%) Breadth 5.0 pts (21%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Schurter · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Schurter's Innovation Score is 23.8/100 (13th percentile 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 Schurter?

Each dot is one of Schurter’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). Schurter’s own 11.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Schurter's grants concentrate

Schurter AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Schurter sits between Sauter Feinmechanik GMBH and Selas Heat Technology Company LLC.

Schurter's three-year grant acceleration

Schurter AG shows 2 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.

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What this shows Schurter holds 10 patents at rank #27,299, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schurter

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,299 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01H (Electric Switches)

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

Schurter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% 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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Schurter AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	3	30.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Schurter AG patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

Top 2 of 2 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

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

Schurter AG's lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #27,323 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schurter AG against Sauter Feinmechanik GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.