Where does Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH ranks #37,716 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 Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH hold?

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH's Innovation Score?

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH's patents?

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH's patents average 14.7 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 Strothmann Machines & Handling 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

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH focus on?

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH'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 5 patents, ranking #411 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Strothmann ranks #37,716 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 15 technology areas.

#37,716
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37716 · Foreign Corporation #37,716 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,716/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stoplift
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stoplift (±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 Strothmann’s 36.4 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 7.2 pts (20%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 13.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Strothmann Machines… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Strothmann's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 47% 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 Strothmann?

Each dot is one of Strothmann’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). Strothmann’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Strothmann's grants concentrate

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). By volume, Strothmann sits between Stoplift and Sucxess LLC.

Strothmann's three-year grant acceleration

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Stoplift

7
Strategic Solar E…

7
Stratio

7
Streaming Global

7
Stryker Leibinger…

7
Suboti

7
Sucampo

7
Sucxess

7
Strothmann Machin… ◀

7

What this shows Strothmann holds 7 patents at rank #37,727, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Strothmann

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,727 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Strothmann's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 4

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

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

B61K - Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 1

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #37,716 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH against Stoplift, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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