Where does Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG ranks #18,151 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 Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 25.7 out of 100 (18th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 13.3 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 Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG 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

Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 15 patents, ranking #42 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Supfina ranks #18,151 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 5 technology areas.

#18,151
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.7/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18151 · Foreign Corporation #18,151 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,151/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Starting Industrial
CPC-NARROW B24B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Starting Industrial Co., Ltd. (±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 Supfina’s 25.7 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 9.8 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (31%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (31%)

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What this shows Supfina's Innovation Score is 25.7/100 (18th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Supfina?

Each dot is one of Supfina’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). Supfina’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Supfina's grants concentrate

Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Supfina sits between Starting Industrial Co., Ltd. and Synedgen, Inc..

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What this shows Supfina holds 16 patents at rank #18,109, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Supfina

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,109 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

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

Supfina's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	25.0%
2017	4	25.0%
2018	2	12.5%
2019	4	25.0%
2020	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 15

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #18,151 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Supfina Grieshaber GMBH & Co. KG against Starting Industrial Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.7/100 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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