Where does Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG ranks #5,121 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 Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG hold?

Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG holds 68 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG's Innovation Score?

Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG has an Innovation Score of 50.2 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG's recent grant velocity is +9% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG's patents?

Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG's patents average 14.9 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 Tracto-technik 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

Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG

Q: What technology areas does Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG focus on?

Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG's top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 61 patents, ranking #55 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 68 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tracto-technik ranks #5,121 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 68 patents across 22 technology areas.

#5,121
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.2/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: +9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5121 · Foreign Corporation #5,121 · 68 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 68 grants
UPPER-Q #5,121/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai Kohler
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, 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 Tracto-technik’s 50.2 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 14.6 pts (29%) Velocity 10.0 pts (20%) Breadth 16.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Diehl AKO Stiftung… · near

50
Molten Metal… · near

50
THE Catholic… · near

50
Precigen · near

50
Tracto-technik & KG · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tracto-technik's Innovation Score is 50.2/100 (top 13% 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 Tracto-technik?

Each dot is one of Tracto-technik’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). Tracto-technik’s own 14.9 claims/patent is at or below the 18.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Tracto-technik's grants concentrate

Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 89.7% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Tracto-technik sits between Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd. and Umbra LLC.

Tracto-technik's three-year grant acceleration

Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG shows 24 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Shanghai Kohler

68
Southern Methodis…

68
Sumitomo Precisio…

68
Tealium

68
Trinseo Europe

68
Thoughtspot

68
Transphorm

68
Umbra

68
Tracto-technik &… ◀

68

What this shows Tracto-technik holds 68 patents at rank #5,118, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tracto-technik

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,118 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Tracto-technik's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tracto-technik, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Tracto-technik ranks #55 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Precigen, Inc. 50 Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC 50 THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation 50 Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).

Cornelius, Inc. 14.9 avg Ampleon Netherlands B.V. 14.9 avg Technology Partners LLC 14.9 avg Hisense USA Corporation 14.9 avg

Tracto-technik's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	17.6%
2016	9	13.2%
2017	2	2.9%
2018	4	5.9%
2019	5	7.4%
2020	4	5.9%
2021	7	10.3%
2022	10	14.7%
2023	9	13.2%
2024	5	7.4%
2025partial year	1	1.5%

Which technologies does Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 61

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 7

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 3

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

F16H - Gearing 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 89.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #5,121 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tracto-technik GmbH & Co., KG against Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.2/100 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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