Where does SKF Marine GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SKF Marine GMBH ranks #21,791 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 Marine GMBH hold?

SKF Marine GMBH holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is SKF Marine GMBH's Innovation Score?

SKF Marine GMBH has an Innovation Score of 30.2 out of 100 (33rd percentile 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 Marine GMBH focus on?

SKF Marine GMBH's top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 5 patents, ranking #163 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is SKF Marine GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SKF Marine GMBH's recent grant velocity is +60% 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 Marine GMBH's patents?

SKF Marine GMBH's patents average 14.6 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 Marine 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 Marine GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SKF ranks #21,791 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 9 technology areas.

#21,791
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.2/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: +60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21791 · Foreign Corporation #21,791 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,791/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Simplo Technology
CPC-NARROW B63B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Simplo Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 30.2 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 9.1 pts (30%) Velocity 1.7 pts (6%) Breadth 10.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SKF Marine · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SKF's Innovation Score is 30.2/100 (33rd 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 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 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SKF's grants concentrate

SKF Marine GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 38.5% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, SKF sits between Simplo Technology Co., Ltd. and Sobute NEW Materials Co., Ltd..

SKF's three-year grant acceleration

SKF Marine GMBH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Simplo Technology

13
SIT S P A

13
Skagerak Denmark…

13
Skaichips

13
Skydex

13
Smart Radar System

13
Soasta

13
Sobute NEW Materi…

13
SKF Marine ◀

13

What this shows SKF holds 13 patents at rank #21,742, 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 #21,742 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

SKF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SKF Marine GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	23.1%
2019	2	15.4%
2020	2	15.4%
2021	4	30.8%
2023	2	15.4%

Which technologies does SKF Marine GMBH patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 5

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 4

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

B01D - Separation 1

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

Top 9 of 9 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

SKF Marine GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SKF Marine GMBH's lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 38.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #21,791 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SKF Marine GMBH against Simplo Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.2/100 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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