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 50,000 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 (top 67% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Q: 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. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 9 technology areas.

#21,791
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 67%
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 #21,791/50,000
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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SKF Marine · this assignee

30
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows SKF's Innovation Score is 30.2/100 (top 67% 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.

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..

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 Top 67% higher than 33% of 50,000 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

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,791

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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