Where does Sick Engineering GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sick Engineering GMBH ranks #12,223 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 Sick Engineering GMBH hold?

Sick Engineering GMBH holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Sick Engineering GMBH's Innovation Score?

Sick Engineering GMBH has an Innovation Score of 36.1 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sick Engineering GMBH focus on?

Sick Engineering GMBH's top technology area is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume) with 18 patents, ranking #47 of 1,205 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sick Engineering GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sick Engineering GMBH's recent grant velocity is -21% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Sick Engineering GMBH's patents?

Sick Engineering GMBH's patents average 12.3 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 Sick Engineering 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

Sick Engineering GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sick ranks #12,223 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 12 technology areas.

#12,223
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.1/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12223 · Foreign Corporation #12,223 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,223/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Puremate…
CPC-FOCUS G01F · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Puremate Technology 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 Sick’s 36.1 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 11.3 pts (31%) Velocity 5.2 pts (14%) Breadth 12.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Envision Energy… · near

36
Oxea · near

36
Eutelsat · near

36
Orthovita · near

36
Sick Engineering · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sick's Innovation Score is 36.1/100 (top 47% 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 Sick?

Each dot is one of Sick’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). Sick’s own 12.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sick's grants concentrate

Sick Engineering GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 72% of grants classified under G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Sick sits between Shenzhen Puremate Technology Co., Ltd. and Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation.

Sick's three-year grant acceleration

Sick Engineering GMBH shows 7 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.

Shenzhen Puremate…

25
Shenzhen S-hande…

25
Shenzhen Xingying…

25
Shinmaywa Industr…

25
Sightful Computers

25
Silvergate Pharma…

25
Skyworks Panasoni…

25
Smic New Technolo…

25
Sick Engineering ◀

25

What this shows Sick holds 25 patents at rank #12,212, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sick

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,212 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01F (Measuring Volume)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sick, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01F (Measuring Volume), Sick ranks #47 of 1,205 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Orthovita, Inc. 36 Eutelsat SA 36 Oxea GMBH 36 Envision Energy (Denmark) ApS 36

Sick's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Sick Engineering GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	8.0%
2017	4	16.0%
2018	3	12.0%
2019	5	20.0%
2020	4	16.0%
2022	2	8.0%
2023	3	12.0%
2024	2	8.0%

Which technologies does Sick Engineering GMBH patent most?

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 18

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

F15D - Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

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 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Sick Engineering GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sick Engineering GMBH's lead technology class is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume), 72% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01F
Ranked #12,223 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sick Engineering GMBH against Shenzhen Puremate Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.1/100 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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