Overall rank by patents
#14,956
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, SSI ranks #14,956 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 11 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
SSI Schäfer Automati… · this assignee
42 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows SSI Schäfer Automation Gmbh (at) stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #14,956 of 50,000; Innovation Score 41.7/100 sits in the top 33% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Speedo International Limited (±0 grants).
SSI Schäfer Automation Gmbh (at) has been granted 20 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing SSI Schäfer Automation Gmbh (at) at #14,956 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 11 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in B65G (TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS). As a Foreign Corporation, SSI Schäfer Automation Gmbh (at) is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, SSI sits between Speedo International Limited (20 patents, rank #14,932) and Stmicroelectronics (china) Investment Co., Ltd (20 patents, rank #14,940) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 41.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 16 grants, compared with 3 in the 2015–2019 window, a +433% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. SSI Schäfer Automation Gmbh (at)'s 17.1 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 11 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
SPEEDO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
20 patents
SPEX CORPORATE HOLDINGS LIMITED
20 patents
SPG International, LLC
20 patents
SRI ENERGY, INC.
20 patents
SSV Works, Inc.
20 patents
STAT-DIAGNOSTICA & INNOVATION, S.L.
20 patents
STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH
20 patents
STMICROELECTRONICS (CHINA) INVESTMENT CO., LTD
20 patents
SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)
20 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #14,936 in granted patent volume.
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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#14,956
of 50,000 tracked assignees
41.7 out of 100
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