Where does Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH ranks #37,566 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 Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH hold?

Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH's Innovation Score?

Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH has an Innovation Score of 20.8 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH's patents?

Sitech Sitztechnik 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 Sitech Sitztechnik 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

Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH focus on?

Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH's top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 7 patents, ranking #148 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sitech ranks #37,566 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#37,566
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.8/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37566 · Foreign Corporation #37,566 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,566/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Singularity
CPC-NARROW B60N · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Singularity AG (±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 Sitech’s 20.8 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 7.2 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (24%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Sitech Sitztechnik · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sitech's Innovation Score is 20.8/100 (8th 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 Sitech?

Each dot is one of Sitech’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). Sitech’s own 14.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sitech's grants concentrate

Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Sitech sits between Singularity AG and SKF Motion Technologies AB.

Singularity

7
Sinopec Engineeri…

7
Sinopower Semicon…

7
Sita Information…

7
SIW Engineering P…

7
Sizer

7
Skanska Sverige AB

7
SKF Motion AB

7
Sitech Sitztechnik ◀

7

What this shows Sitech holds 7 patents at rank #37,430, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sitech

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,430 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Sitech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% 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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Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 1

Top 2 of 2 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

Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH's lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #37,566 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sitech Sitztechnik GMBH against Singularity AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.8/100 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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