Where does System Ceramics S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), System Ceramics S.P.A. ranks #12,697 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 System Ceramics S.P.A. hold?

System Ceramics S.P.A. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is System Ceramics S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

System Ceramics S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is System Ceramics S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for System Ceramics S.P.A..

What does claim depth mean for System Ceramics S.P.A.'s patents?

System Ceramics S.P.A.'s patents average 12.4 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.

How is the System Ceramics S.P.A. 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

System Ceramics S.P.A.

Q: What technology areas does System Ceramics S.P.A. focus on?

System Ceramics S.P.A.'s top technology area is B28B (Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster) with 9 patents, ranking #27 of 316 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B28B (Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, System ranks #12,697 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 18 technology areas.

#12,697
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12697 · Foreign Corporation #12,697 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,697/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sanofi Pasteur
CPC-FOCUS B28B · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sanofi Pasteur SA (±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 System’s 48.0 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 11.1 pts (23%) Velocity 14.4 pts (30%) Breadth 15.0 pts (31%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
System Ceramics S P A · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows System's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 System?

Each dot is one of System’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). System’s own 12.4 claims/patent is at or below the 12.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where System's grants concentrate

System Ceramics S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under B28B (Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, System sits between Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co., Ltd. and Scientific Games, LLC.

System's three-year grant acceleration

System Ceramics S.P.A. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Sumitomo Heavy In…

24
SUN Same Enterpri…

24
Sung JOO D&D

24
Syddansk Universi…

24
Sanofi Pasteur

24
Schawbel

24
Scholle IPN IP BV

24
Scientific Games

24
System Ceramics S… ◀

24

What this shows System holds 24 patents at rank #12,676, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near System

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,676 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B28B (Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic Compositions)

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

System's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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System Ceramics S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	8.3%
2021	4	16.7%
2022	4	16.7%
2023	3	12.5%
2024	6	25.0%
2025partial year	5	20.8%

Which technologies does System Ceramics S.P.A. patent most?

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 9

B30B - Presses IN General 7

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 6

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

B44F - Special Designs OR Pictures 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 3

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 3

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 2

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 1

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 1

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 15 of 18 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

System Ceramics S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

System Ceramics S.P.A.'s lead technology class is B28B (Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B28B
Ranked #12,697 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare System Ceramics S.P.A. against Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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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