Where does Skan AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Skan AG ranks #33,341 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 Skan AG hold?

Skan AG holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Skan AG's Innovation Score?

Skan AG has an Innovation Score of 50.7 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Skan AG focus on?

Skan AG's top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 3 patents, ranking #551 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Skan AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Skan AG.

What does claim depth mean for Skan AG's patents?

Skan AG's patents average 19.0 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 Skan AG 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

Skan AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Skan ranks #33,341 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#33,341
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.7/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33341 · Foreign Corporation #33,341 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,341/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sioux Chief Mfg
CPC-FOCUS B25J · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sioux Chief Mfg. Co., 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.

How Skan’s 50.7 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 7.6 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 11.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Skan · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Skan's Innovation Score is 50.7/100 (top 12% 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 Skan?

Each dot is one of Skan’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). Skan’s own 19.0 claims/patent is at or below the 19.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Skan's grants concentrate

Skan AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Skan sits between Sioux Chief Mfg. Co., Inc. and Skyport Systems, Inc..

Skan's three-year grant acceleration

Skan AG shows 5 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.

Sioux Chief Mfg

8
Sirchie Acquisiti…

8
Sirona Medical

8
Sitnet

8
Skunk

8
Skysafe

8
Skymedi

8
Skyport Systems

8
Skan ◀

8

What this shows Skan holds 8 patents at rank #33,409, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Skan

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,409 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Skan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Skan AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	2	25.0%
2024	2	25.0%
2025partial year	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Skan AG patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 3

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 1

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

B01D - Separation 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Skan AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Skan AG's lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #33,341 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Skan AG against Sioux Chief Mfg. Co., Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.