Where does SKF Magnetic Mechatronics rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SKF Magnetic Mechatronics ranks #6,840 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 Magnetic Mechatronics hold?

SKF Magnetic Mechatronics holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is SKF Magnetic Mechatronics's Innovation Score?

SKF Magnetic Mechatronics has an Innovation Score of 45.0 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SKF Magnetic Mechatronics's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SKF Magnetic Mechatronics's recent grant velocity is -61% 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 SKF Magnetic Mechatronics's patents?

SKF Magnetic Mechatronics's patents average 12.8 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 Magnetic Mechatronics 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 Magnetic Mechatronics

Q: What technology areas does SKF Magnetic Mechatronics focus on?

SKF Magnetic Mechatronics's top technology area is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings) with 34 patents, ranking #39 of 1,334 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SKF ranks #6,840 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 30 technology areas.

#6,840
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.0/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6840 · Foreign Corporation #6,840 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,840/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Reata Pharmaceutical…
CPC-FOCUS F16C · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Reata Pharmaceuticals Holdings, LLC (±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 45.0 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 13.5 pts (30%) Velocity 4.4 pts (10%) Breadth 19.4 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cummins IP · near

45
LEM International · near

45
Mahle Filter… · near

45
Powertech Technology · near

45
SKF Magnetic… · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SKF's Innovation Score is 45.0/100 (top 24% 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 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 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 Magnetic Mechatronics is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 69.4% of grants classified under F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, SKF sits between Reata Pharmaceuticals Holdings, LLC and Safariland, LLC.

SKF's three-year grant acceleration

SKF Magnetic Mechatronics shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Reata Pharmaceuti…

49
Rimowa

49
Relievant Medsyst…

49
Seegene

49
Standard Cognition

49
Stmicroelectronic…

49
Switch

49
Safariland

49
SKF Magnetic Mech… ◀

49

What this shows SKF holds 49 patents at rank #6,835, 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 #6,835 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16C (Shafts)

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 F16C (Shafts), SKF ranks #39 of 1,334 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Mahle Filter Systems Japan Corporation 45 Cummins IP, Inc. 45 Powertech Technology Inc. 45 LEM International SA 45

SKF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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SKF Magnetic Mechatronics patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	12.2%
2016	2	4.1%
2017	9	18.4%
2018	9	18.4%
2019	7	14.3%
2020	3	6.1%
2021	2	4.1%
2022	3	6.1%
2023	2	4.1%
2024	3	6.1%
2025partial year	3	6.1%

Which technologies does SKF Magnetic Mechatronics patent most?

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 34

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 27

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 7

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 7

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 2

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Top 15 of 30 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 Magnetic Mechatronics's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SKF Magnetic Mechatronics's lead technology class is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings), 69.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16C
Ranked #6,840 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SKF Magnetic Mechatronics against Reata Pharmaceuticals Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.0/100 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.

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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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