CPC technology class · F16

F16P - Safety Devices In General

Safety devices in general; ; safety devices for presses. 783 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

783
US patents granted: #12/14
in F16: 0.6%
F16 class share: +7%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safety Devices In General ranks #484 of 670 CPC technology areas - 783 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 7% over five years.

#484
of 670 CPC technology areas: 783
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Sick
leading assignee (33): +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How F16P's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, F16P recorded 362 grants versus 337 in 2015–2019 (+7% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2018 at 87 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 57 (+53% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Sick AG holds 4.2% of the class ; the top three share 9.1%.

Leaderboard read

F16P concentration, lead at 4.2%

Sick AG leads this historical grant record at 4.2% of F16P - foreign corporation assignees hold 62% of class grants (177 of 286). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 4.2%
Top three share: 9.1%
Lead over #2: 9

Where F16P sits inside F16

Among 14 subclasses in F16 (Engineering Elements AND UNITS; General Measures FOR Producing AND Maintaining Effective Functioning OF Machines OR INSTALLATIONS; Thermal Insulation IN General), F16P ranks #12 and holds 0.6% of the parent class's 137,714 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

F16H 27,860 F16K 17,624 F16L 16,791 F16D 15,330 F16B 14,787 F16C 14,627 F16F 10,113 F16M 8,559

Rising assignees active in F16P

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

#1 VEO Robotics, Inc. 3.71x 7 → 26 company-wide · 5 in F16P
#2 Pizzato Elettrica S.R.L. 1.80x 5 → 9 company-wide · 8 in F16P
#3 Banner Engineering Corp. 1.67x 18 → 30 company-wide · 11 in F16P
#4 Sick AG 1.19x 85 → 101 company-wide · 33 in F16P
#5 Strata Products Worldwide, LLC 1.13x 8 → 9 company-wide · 5 in F16P

F16P grants by year, peak 2018 (87)

US utility-patent grants per year in F16P, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 7% versus 2015–2019.

Sick

33
Pilz & Kg

24
Euchner + Kg

14
Banner Engineering

11
Sawstop Holding

10
Keyence

9
Robert Bosch Tool

9
Pizzato Elettrica S R…

8
Strata Safety Products

8
Master Lock

6
Transocean Sedco…

6
Dmg Mori

5

What this shows Sick is the most active filer in F16P, holding 33 of the 783 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass F16P
Rank	Company	Patents in F16P
#1	Sick AG	33
#2	Pilz GmbH & Co. KG	24
#3	Euchner GmbH + Co. KG	14
#4	Banner Engineering Corp.	11
#5	SawStop Holding LLC	10
#6	Keyence Corporation	9
#7	Robert Bosch Tool Corporation	9
#8	Pizzato Elettrica S.R.L.	8
#9	Strata Safety Products, LLC	8
#10	Master Lock Company LLC	6
#11	Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited	6
#12	DMG Mori Co., Ltd.	5
#13	VEO Robotics, Inc.	5
#14	Strata Products Worldwide, LLC	5
#15	Vita-Mix Management Corporation	4
#16	Frederick Energy Products, LLC	4
#17	Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller Se & Co. KG	3
#18	Trumpf Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG	3
#19	P.E. Labellers S.P.A.	3
#20	Safe TEK, LLC	3

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading F16P assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 F16P assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in F16P. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near F16P's 783-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for F16P (#484 of 670 by volume ; lead share 4.2%) - not the F16 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

B43K 784 B61F 797 B41P 756 C13K 754

Nearest by lead-assignee share

D01D 4.2% B41F 4.3% H04L 4.3% B29L 4.1%

Questions about F16P

Which company holds the most patents in F16P?

Sick AG leads F16P with 33 patents (4.2% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 62% of class grants.

Which F16P assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in F16P, VEO Robotics, Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (3.71x: 7 grants in 2019–2021 → 26 in 2022–2024) while holding 5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does F16P compare inside parent class F16?

Inside F16 (Engineering Elements AND UNITS; General Measures FOR Producing AND Maintaining Effective Functioning OF Machines OR INSTALLATIONS; Thermal Insulation IN General), F16P ranks #12 of 14 subclasses by grant volume and holds 0.6% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is F16H (27,860 grants).

What to do with this data

F16P in context - here's where to go next.

Sick AG leads F16P with 33 grants in this class. See full portfolio
F16P ranks #484 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class F16, the largest sibling subclass is F16H with 27,860 grants. Explore F16H

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - F16P figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (783 grants in the tracked window).

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