Where does SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH ranks #8,925 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 SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH hold?

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH's Innovation Score?

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH focus on?

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH's top technology area is F16N (Lubricating) with 24 patents, ranking #4 of 193 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH's recent grant velocity is +111% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH's patents?

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH's patents average 11.6 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 SKF Lubrication Systems Germany 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

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F16N (Lubricating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SKF ranks #8,925 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 23 technology areas.

#8,925
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: +111%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8925 · Foreign Corporation #8,925 · 36 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,925/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safran Seats GB
CPC-FOCUS F16N · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +111% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safran Seats GB Limited (±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 SKF’s 40.5 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 12.5 pts (31%) Velocity 4.1 pts (10%) Breadth 17.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Montage Technology… · near

40
Rambus Delaware · near

40
Rolling Razor · near

40
Scinopharm Taiwan · near

40
SKF Lubrication… · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SKF's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 35% 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 SKF?

Each dot is one of SKF’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). SKF’s own 11.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where SKF's grants concentrate

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under F16N (Lubricating). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, SKF sits between Secure-ic SAS and Safran Seats GB Limited.

SKF's three-year grant acceleration

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Secure-ic SAS

36
Senju Sprinkler

36
Shenzhen Keya Med…

36
Sinox

36
Sogang University…

36
South China Norma…

36
Swiss Krono Tec

36
Safran Seats GB

36
SKF Lubrication S… ◀

36

What this shows SKF holds 36 patents at rank #8,917, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SKF

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,917 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16N (Lubricating)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SKF, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16N (Lubricating), SKF ranks #4 of 193 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Scinopharm Taiwan Ltd. 40 Montage Technology (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. 40 Rambus Delaware LLC 40 Rolling Razor, Inc 40

SKF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	5.6%
2018	5	13.9%
2019	2	5.6%
2020	3	8.3%
2021	8	22.2%
2022	1	2.8%
2023	2	5.6%
2024	5	13.9%
2025partial year	8	22.2%

Which technologies does SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH patent most?

F16N - Lubricating 24

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 5

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

F16H - Gearing 3

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

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

F03D - Wind Motors 2

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 23 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

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH's lead technology class is F16N (Lubricating), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16N
Ranked #8,925 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GMBH against Secure-ic SAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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

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