Where does SMS Meer GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SMS Meer GMBH ranks #13,696 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 SMS Meer GMBH hold?

SMS Meer GMBH holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is SMS Meer GMBH's Innovation Score?

SMS Meer GMBH has an Innovation Score of 28.7 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SMS Meer GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SMS Meer GMBH's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 SMS Meer GMBH's patents?

SMS Meer GMBH's patents average 8.6 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 SMS Meer 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

SMS Meer GMBH

Q: What technology areas does SMS Meer GMBH focus on?

SMS Meer GMBH's top technology area is B21C (Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material) with 7 patents, ranking #21 of 268 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B21C (Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially RE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SMS ranks #13,696 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 13 technology areas.

#13,696
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.7/100): 8.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13696 · Foreign Corporation #13,696 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,696/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SK Lubricants
CPC-FOCUS B21C · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SK Lubricants 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 SMS’s 28.7 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 10.8 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (44%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SMS Meer · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SMS's Innovation Score is 28.7/100 (28th 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 SMS?

Each dot is one of SMS’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). SMS’s own 8.6 claims/patent is at or below the 10.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where SMS's grants concentrate

SMS Meer GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 31.8% of grants classified under B21C (Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially RE). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, SMS sits between SK Lubricants Co., Ltd. and Speedgauge, Inc..

SK Lubricants

22
Smart

22
Smartlabs

22
Smiths Heimann

22
Soken Chemical &…

22
Soko Kagaku

22
Solid State Stora…

22
Speedgauge

22
SMS Meer ◀

22

What this shows SMS holds 22 patents at rank #13,676, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SMS

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,676 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21C (Manufacture OF Metal Sheets)

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

SMS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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SMS Meer GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	40.9%
2016	6	27.3%
2017	5	22.7%
2018	1	4.5%
2019	1	4.5%

Which technologies does SMS Meer GMBH patent most?

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 7

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 5

B23B - TURNING; Boring 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B30B - Presses IN General 2

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 2

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

B23G - Thread CUTTING; Working OF Screws, Bolt Heads, OR Nuts, IN Conjunction Therewith 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 13 of 13 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

SMS Meer GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SMS Meer GMBH's lead technology class is B21C (Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially RE), 31.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21C
Ranked #13,696 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SMS Meer GMBH against SK Lubricants Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.7/100 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

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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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