Where does Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co ranks #25,316 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 Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co hold?

Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co's Innovation Score?

Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co has an Innovation Score of 32.5 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co focus on?

Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co's top technology area is B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General) with 10 patents, ranking #48 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co's recent grant velocity is +167% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co's patents?

Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co's patents average 19.4 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co

Q: How is the Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co 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 PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Suss ranks #25,316 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#25,316
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +167%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25316 · Foreign Corporation #25,316 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,316/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sunwave Communications
CPC-NARROW B08B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +167% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sunwave Communications 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 Suss’s 32.5 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 8.6 pts (26%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 10.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Suss's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (41st 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 Suss?

Each dot is one of Suss’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). Suss’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Suss's grants concentrate

Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Suss sits between Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Pengxu Pharmatech Co. Ltd..

Suss's three-year grant acceleration

Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

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Supreme

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What this shows Suss holds 11 patents at rank #25,204, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Suss

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,204 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B08B (Cleaning IN General)

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

Suss's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	9.1%
2019	2	18.2%
2020	3	27.3%
2021	3	27.3%
2022	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co patent most?

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 10

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 9

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 7

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 1

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

B24C - Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co's lead technology class is B08B (Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B08B
Ranked #25,316 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co against Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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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