Where does Sick Stegmann GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sick Stegmann GMBH ranks #20,424 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 Stegmann GMBH hold?

Sick Stegmann GMBH holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Sick Stegmann GMBH's Innovation Score?

Sick Stegmann GMBH has an Innovation Score of 27.0 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Sick Stegmann GMBH's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Stegmann GMBH's patents?

Sick Stegmann GMBH's patents average 11.7 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 Stegmann 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 Stegmann GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Sick Stegmann GMBH focus on?

Sick Stegmann GMBH's top technology area is 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) with 13 patents, ranking #78 of 1,381 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: 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 OT).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sick ranks #20,424 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 9 technology areas.

#20,424
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.0/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20424 · Foreign Corporation #20,424 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,424/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Zhilun…
CPC-NARROW G01D · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Zhilun Driving Technology FOR Electric Vehicle 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 27.0 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 9.4 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sick Stegmann · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sick's Innovation Score is 27.0/100 (22nd 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 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 11.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.1 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 Stegmann GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under 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 OT). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Sick sits between Shenzhen Zhilun Driving Technology FOR Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. and Sita Information Networking Computing UK Limited.

Shenzhen Zhilun D…

14
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Shonan Gosei-jush…

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Sigvaris

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Siliconfile

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Simula Technology

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Sita Information…

14
Sick Stegmann ◀

14

What this shows Sick holds 14 patents at rank #20,383, 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 #20,383 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific Variable)

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

Sick's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sick Stegmann GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	50.0%
2016	6	42.9%
2021	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Sick Stegmann GMBH patent most?

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 13

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

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

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

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

Top 9 of 9 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 Stegmann GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sick Stegmann GMBH's lead technology class is 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 OT), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01D
Ranked #20,424 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sick Stegmann GMBH against Shenzhen Zhilun Driving Technology FOR Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.0/100 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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