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Sterling Industry Consult GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sterling ranks #30,260 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#30,260
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100)
17.3
avg claims per patent
-20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30260 · Foreign Corporation #30,260 · 9 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
  • MID-PACK #30,260/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Steady Platform
  • CPC-NARROW F04C · 3 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DOWN -20% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Steady Platform LLC (±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 Sterling’s 31.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Sterling

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Sterling's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (37th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Sterling?

Each dot is one of Sterling’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). Sterling’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Sterling vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 8.98.999.1 051015202530 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Steady Platform LLC - 9, 18.78Steady PlatformStealthbits Technologies LLC - 9, 19.67StealthbitsSteel King Industries, Inc. - 9, 3.89Steel King Indust…Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. - 9, 25.56Stemline Therapeu…Stichting Radboud universitair medisch centrum - 9, 16.33Stichting Radboud…Stichting VU - 9, 14.22Stichting VUStopinc Aktiengesellschaft - 9, 20.22Stopinc Aktienges…Storage Engine, Inc. - 9, 17.22Storage EngineSterling Industry Consult GmbH - 9, 17.33Sterling Industry…
Sterling vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Sterling's grants concentrate

Sterling Industry Consult GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Sterling sits between Steady Platform LLC and Storage Engine, Inc..

Sterling's three-year grant acceleration

Sterling Industry Consult GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Who files at Sterling's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Sterling holds 9 patents at rank #30,251, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Sterling

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,251 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04C (Rotary-piston)

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

Sterling's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Sterling Industry Consult GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 1 11.1%
2017 2 22.2%
2018 2 22.2%
2020 2 22.2%
2022 1 11.1%
2023 1 11.1%

Which technologies does Sterling Industry Consult GmbH patent most?

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Sterling Industry Consult GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Sterling Industry Consult GmbH's lead technology class is F04C (Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04C
  • Ranked #30,260 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Sterling Industry Consult GmbH against Steady Platform LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.