Where does Schwing GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schwing GmbH ranks #13,669 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 Schwing GmbH hold?

Schwing GmbH holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Schwing GmbH's Innovation Score?

Schwing GmbH has an Innovation Score of 41.6 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Schwing GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schwing GmbH's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Schwing GmbH's patents?

Schwing GmbH's patents average 14.4 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 Schwing 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

Schwing GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Schwing GmbH focus on?

Schwing GmbH's top technology area is E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings) with 18 patents, ranking #10 of 310 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schwing ranks #13,669 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 21 technology areas.

#13,669
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.6/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13669 · Foreign Corporation #13,669 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,669/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ScienceLogic
CPC-FOCUS E04G · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ScienceLogic, Inc. (±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 Schwing’s 41.6 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 10.8 pts (26%) Velocity 5.9 pts (14%) Breadth 16.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Schwing · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schwing's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 Schwing?

Each dot is one of Schwing’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). Schwing’s own 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Schwing's grants concentrate

Schwing GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Schwing sits between Studio XID Korea, Inc. and Serio-Us Industries, Inc..

Schwing's three-year grant acceleration

Schwing GmbH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Studio XID Korea

22
Sunrise Micro Dev…

22
Suse

22
Syntel

22
Sciencelogic

22
Scrub Daddy

22
Second Spectrum

22
Serio-us Industri…

22
Schwing ◀

22

What this shows Schwing holds 22 patents at rank #13,690, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schwing

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,690 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04G (Scaffolding)

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

Schwing's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Schwing GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.5%
2017	1	4.5%
2018	2	9.1%
2019	2	9.1%
2020	2	9.1%
2021	5	22.7%
2022	5	22.7%
2023	1	4.5%
2024	2	9.1%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Schwing GmbH patent most?

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 18

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 13

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

Top 15 of 21 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

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

Schwing GmbH's lead technology class is E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04G
Ranked #13,669 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schwing GmbH against Studio XID Korea, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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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