Where does SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) ranks #14,956 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 SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) hold?

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)'s Innovation Score?

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)'s recent grant velocity is +433% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)'s patents?

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)'s patents average 17.1 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 SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) 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

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)

Q: What technology areas does SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) focus on?

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)'s top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 19 patents, ranking #98 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SSI ranks #14,956 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 11 technology areas.

#14,956
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: +433%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14956 · Foreign Corporation #14,956 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,956/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Speedo International
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +433% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Speedo International 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 SSI’s 41.7 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 10.5 pts (25%) Velocity 9.2 pts (22%) Breadth 11.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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SSI Schäfer… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SSI's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 33% 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 SSI?

Each dot is one of SSI’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). SSI’s own 17.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where SSI's grants concentrate

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 95% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, SSI sits between Speedo International Limited and Stmicroelectronics (CHINA) Investment Co., Ltd.

SSI's three-year grant acceleration

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) shows 11 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.

Speedo Internatio…

20
Spex Corporate Ho…

20
SPG International

20
SRI Energy

20
SSV Works

20
Stat-diagnostica…

20
Stichting Wagenin…

20
Stmicroelectronic…

20
SSI Schäfer Autom… ◀

20

What this shows SSI holds 20 patents at rank #14,936, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SSI

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,936 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

SSI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	15.0%
2020	1	5.0%
2021	4	20.0%
2022	3	15.0%
2023	3	15.0%
2024	5	25.0%
2025partial year	1	5.0%

Which technologies does SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 19

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 2

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 1

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

Top 11 of 11 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

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)'s lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 95% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #14,956 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT) against Speedo International Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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

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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