Where does Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG ranks #1,288 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 Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG holds 329 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 95 technology areas.

What is Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 67.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 86 patents, ranking #52 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 95 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +92% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 18.8 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 Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG 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

Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 329 granted patents across 95 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sew-eurodrive ranks #1,288 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 329 patents across 95 technology areas.

#1,288
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.0/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1288 · Foreign Corporation #1,288 · 329 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 329 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,288/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KunShan Go-Visionox…
CPC-WIDE F16H · 95 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics 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 Sew-eurodrive’s 67.0 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 20.0 pts (30%) Velocity 10.7 pts (16%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hitachi High-tech · near

67
Coopervision… · near

67
National University… · near

67
Sew-eurodrive & KG · this assignee

67
VÄLINGE Innovation AB · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sew-eurodrive's Innovation Score is 67.0/100 (top 1% 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 Sew-eurodrive?

Each dot is one of Sew-eurodrive’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). Sew-eurodrive’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Sew-eurodrive's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG received 192 grants versus 100 in 2015–2019 (+92% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 44 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 13. Lead class F16H accounts for 26.1% of the portfolio across 95 subclasses. Volume neighbours: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd (#1,284) and Brother Industries, Ltd. (#1,292).

Sew-eurodrive's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG moved from 80 to 128 grants (1.60x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #378. See the growth leaderboard.

Kunshan Go-vision…

329
Mary KAY

329
Monolithic 3D

329
Quest Diagnostics…

329
Yissum Research D…

329
Sew-eurodrive & KG ◀

329
Safran

328
Alpha and Omega S…

327
Brother Industries

327

What this shows Sew-eurodrive holds 329 patents at rank #1,288, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sew-eurodrive

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,288 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Sew-eurodrive's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sew-eurodrive, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16H (Gearing), Sew-eurodrive ranks #52 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Coopervision International Limited 67 National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System 67 Hitachi High-tech Corporation 67 VÄLINGE Innovation AB 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.8 here).

Tyco Fire Products LP 18.8 avg CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC 18.8 avg Forescout Technologies, Inc. 18.8 avg Tufts Medical Center, Inc. 18.8 avg

Sew-eurodrive's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	4.0%
2016	16	4.9%
2017	20	6.1%
2018	35	10.6%
2019	16	4.9%
2020	35	10.6%
2021	29	8.8%
2022	44	13.4%
2023	42	12.8%
2024	42	12.8%
2025partial year	37	11.2%

Which technologies does Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

F16H - Gearing 86

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 48

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 30

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 29

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 28

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 27

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 25

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 25

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 25

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 22

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 21

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 21

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 19

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 18

H04B - Transmission 15

Top 15 of 95 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

Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 26.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #1,288 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sew-eurodrive GMBH & Co. KG against KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.0/100 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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