Where does Sihl GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sihl GmbH ranks #27,421 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 Sihl GmbH hold?

Sihl GmbH holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Sihl GmbH's Innovation Score?

Sihl GmbH has an Innovation Score of 53.5 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Sihl GmbH's recent grant velocity is +33% 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 Sihl GmbH's patents?

Sihl GmbH's patents average 21.6 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 Sihl 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

Sihl GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Sihl GmbH focus on?

Sihl GmbH's top technology area is B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 12 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: B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sihl ranks #27,421 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 12 technology areas.

#27,421
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.5/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27421 · Foreign Corporation #27,421 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,421/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sidus Space
CPC-FOCUS B41M · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sidus Space, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sihl · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sihl's Innovation Score is 53.5/100 (top 9% 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.

Where Sihl's grants concentrate

Sihl GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Sihl sits between Sidus Space, Inc. and Silverstream Technologies B.V..

Sihl's three-year grant acceleration

Sihl GmbH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Sidus Space

10
Sigopt

10
Sigma Designs Isr…

10
Sigmagen

10
Silatronix

10
Silicon Turbine S…

10
Silver Creek Phar…

10
Silverstream B V

10
Sihl ◀

10

What this shows Sihl holds 10 patents at rank #27,474, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sihl

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,474 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41M (Printing)

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

Sihl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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Sihl GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	2	20.0%
2025partial year	3	30.0%

Which technologies does Sihl GmbH patent most?

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 7

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

D06P - Dyeing OR Printing TEXTILES; Dyeing Leather, Furs OR Solid Macromolecular Substances IN ANY Form 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,421

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Sihl GmbH's lead technology class is B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41M
Ranked #27,421 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sihl GmbH against Sidus Space, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.5/100 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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