Where does Sulzer Mixpac AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sulzer Mixpac AG ranks #3,484 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 Sulzer Mixpac AG hold?

Sulzer Mixpac AG holds 106 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Sulzer Mixpac AG's Innovation Score?

Sulzer Mixpac AG has an Innovation Score of 44.7 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sulzer Mixpac AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sulzer Mixpac AG's recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Sulzer Mixpac AG's patents?

Sulzer Mixpac AG's patents average 14.3 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 Sulzer Mixpac AG 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

Sulzer Mixpac AG

Q: What technology areas does Sulzer Mixpac AG focus on?

Sulzer Mixpac AG's top technology area is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General) with 62 patents. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 106 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sulzer ranks #3,484 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 106 patents across 31 technology areas.

#3,484
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.7/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3484 · Foreign Corporation #3,484 · 106 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 106 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,484/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lupin
CPC-FOCUS B05C · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lupin 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Crocus Technology · near

45
Kiss Nail Products · near

45
Laboratoire… · near

45
Mabuchi Motor · near

45
Sulzer Mixpac · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sulzer's Innovation Score is 44.7/100 (top 25% 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.

Where Sulzer's grants concentrate

Sulzer Mixpac AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 58.5% of grants classified under B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (23 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Sulzer sits between Lupin Limited and VCE IP Holding Company LLC.

Sulzer's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sulzer Mixpac AG moved from 50 to 2 grants (0.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,243. See the growth leaderboard.

Lupin

106
Poet Research

106
Shenzhen Yinwang…

106
Shibaura Mechatro…

106
Technische Univer…

106
The Henry M Jacks…

106
University Of Del…

106
VCE IP Holding

106
Sulzer Mixpac ◀

106

What this shows Sulzer holds 106 patents at rank #3,484, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sulzer

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,484 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sulzer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Laboratoire Francais du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies 45 Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd. 45 Crocus Technology SA 45 Kiss Nail Products, Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.3 here).

Elemental LED, Inc. 14.3 avg Ossur HF 14.3 avg Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. 14.3 avg AMO Groningen B.V. 14.3 avg

Sulzer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Sulzer Mixpac AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	14.2%
2016	11	10.4%
2017	14	13.2%
2018	14	13.2%
2019	23	21.7%
2020	16	15.1%
2021	11	10.4%
2022	2	1.9%

Which technologies does Sulzer Mixpac AG patent most?

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 62

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 30

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 26

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 21

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 15

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 10

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 9

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 7

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 4

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 4

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 4

A46B - Brushes 2

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 2

Top 15 of 31 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,484

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Sulzer Mixpac AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sulzer Mixpac AG's lead technology class is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General), 58.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05C
Ranked #3,484 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sulzer Mixpac AG against Lupin Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.7/100 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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