Where does Trafag AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Trafag AG ranks #17,289 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 Trafag AG hold?

Trafag AG holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Trafag AG's Innovation Score?

Trafag AG has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Trafag AG focus on?

Trafag AG's top technology area is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure) with 14 patents, ranking #54 of 1,293 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Trafag AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Trafag AG's recent grant velocity is +333% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Trafag AG's patents?

Trafag AG's patents average 13.7 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 Trafag AG 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

Trafag AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 15 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: G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Trafag ranks #17,289 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 15 technology areas.

#17,289
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +333%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17289 · Foreign Corporation #17,289 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,289/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tile Redi
CPC-FOCUS G01L · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +333% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tile Redi, LLC (±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 Trafag’s 48.6 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 10.0 pts (21%) Velocity 16.7 pts (34%) Breadth 13.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Trafag · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Trafag's Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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 Trafag?

Each dot is one of Trafag’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). Trafag’s own 13.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Trafag's grants concentrate

Trafag AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 82.4% of grants classified under G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Trafag sits between Tile Redi, LLC and Trice Imaging, Inc..

Trafag's three-year grant acceleration

Trafag AG shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Tile Redi

17
Tomtom North Amer…

17
Tosjami B V

17
Touchnetix

17
Trapeze Software…

17
Trellis Bioscience

17
Trent University

17
Trice Imaging

17
Trafag ◀

17

What this shows Trafag holds 17 patents at rank #17,291, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Trafag

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,291 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01L (Measuring Force)

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

Trafag's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% 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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Trafag AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	1	5.9%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	2	11.8%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	5	29.4%
2024	3	17.6%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Trafag AG patent most?

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 14

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Trafag AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Trafag AG's lead technology class is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure), 82.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01L
Ranked #17,289 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Trafag AG against Tile Redi, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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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