Where does Takraf GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Takraf GMBH ranks #15,673 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 Takraf GMBH hold?

Takraf GMBH holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Takraf GMBH's Innovation Score?

Takraf GMBH has an Innovation Score of 35.8 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Takraf GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Takraf GMBH's recent grant velocity is -64% 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 Takraf GMBH's patents?

Takraf GMBH's patents average 15.4 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 Takraf 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

Takraf GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Takraf GMBH focus on?

Takraf 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 11 patents, ranking #187 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Takraf ranks #15,673 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 12 technology areas.

#15,673
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.8/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15673 · Foreign Corporation #15,673 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,673/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sys-Tech Solutions
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sys-Tech Solutions, Inc. (±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 Takraf’s 35.8 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 10.3 pts (29%) Velocity 4.0 pts (11%) Breadth 12.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Takraf · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Takraf's Innovation Score is 35.8/100 (top 48% 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 Takraf?

Each dot is one of Takraf’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). Takraf’s own 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Takraf's grants concentrate

Takraf GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 57.9% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Takraf sits between Sys-Tech Solutions, Inc. and Techmah Medical LLC.

Takraf's three-year grant acceleration

Takraf GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Sys-tech Solutions

19
Sysco Guest Supply

19
T A G Medical Dev…

19
Takeuchi MFG

19
Tallano

19
Tamr

19
Tau-pnu Medical

19
Techmah Medical

19
Takraf ◀

19

What this shows Takraf holds 19 patents at rank #15,668, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Takraf

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,668 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Takraf's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Takraf GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	15.8%
2016	4	21.1%
2018	4	21.1%
2019	3	15.8%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	1	5.3%
2023	1	5.3%
2024	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Takraf GMBH patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 11

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B30B - Presses IN General 4

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

B03D - FLOTATION; Differential Sedimentation 1

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 1

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 1

Top 12 of 12 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

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Takraf 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), 57.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #15,673 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Takraf GMBH against Sys-Tech Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.8/100 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

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