Where does Agfa-Gevaert NV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Agfa-Gevaert NV ranks #5,423 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 Agfa-Gevaert NV hold?

Agfa-Gevaert NV holds 63 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 49 technology areas.

What is Agfa-Gevaert NV's Innovation Score?

Agfa-Gevaert NV has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Agfa-Gevaert NV focus on?

Agfa-Gevaert NV's top technology area is B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,) with 38 patents, ranking #13 of 466 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 49 CPC subclasses total.

Is Agfa-Gevaert NV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Agfa-Gevaert NV's recent grant velocity is -29% 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 Agfa-Gevaert NV's patents?

Agfa-Gevaert NV's patents average 14.3 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 Agfa-Gevaert NV 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

Agfa-Gevaert NV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 63 granted patents across 49 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: B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Agfa-gevaert ranks #5,423 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 63 patents across 49 technology areas.

#5,423
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5423 · Foreign Corporation #5,423 · 63 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 63 grants
UPPER-Q #5,423/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AbbVie Biotechnology
CPC-WIDE B41M · 49 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AbbVie Biotechnology 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 Agfa-gevaert’s 51.2 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 14.4 pts (28%) Velocity 3.5 pts (7%) Breadth 24.7 pts (48%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agfa-Gevaert · this assignee

51
Dialight · near

51
Feit Electric · near

51
ThoughtSpot · near

51
ZEDEL · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Agfa-gevaert's Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% 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 Agfa-gevaert?

Each dot is one of Agfa-gevaert’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). Agfa-gevaert’s own 14.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Agfa-gevaert's grants concentrate

Agfa-Gevaert NV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 49 CPC subclasses with 60.3% of grants classified under B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Agfa-gevaert sits between Atlantic Inertial Systems Limited and Brewer Science, Inc..

Agfa-gevaert's three-year grant acceleration

Agfa-Gevaert NV shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Atlantic Inertial…

63
Abbvie Biotechnol…

63
Advanced Drainage…

63
Affectiva

63
Ansell

63
BGI Shenzhen

63
Baldwin Filters

63
Brewer Science

63
Agfa-gevaert ◀

63

What this shows Agfa-Gevaert holds 63 patents at rank #5,426, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Agfa-Gevaert

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,426 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41M (Printing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Agfa-Gevaert's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Agfa-Gevaert, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B41M (Printing), Agfa-Gevaert ranks #13 of 466 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

ThoughtSpot, Inc. 51 Dialight Corporation 51 Feit Electric Company, Inc. 51 ZEDEL 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.3 here).

Paul Wurth S.A. 14.3 avg Stepan Company 14.3 avg Medipal Holdings Corporation 14.3 avg AutoStore Technology AS 14.3 avg

Agfa-gevaert's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Agfa-Gevaert NV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	9.5%
2016	5	7.9%
2017	9	14.3%
2018	9	14.3%
2019	5	7.9%
2020	9	14.3%
2021	5	7.9%
2022	8	12.7%
2023	1	1.6%
2024	1	1.6%
2025partial year	5	7.9%

Which technologies does Agfa-Gevaert NV patent most?

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 38

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 38

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 16

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 13

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 7

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

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 5

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 4

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 4

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 3

Top 15 of 49 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

Agfa-Gevaert NV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Agfa-Gevaert NV's lead technology class is B41M (Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing,), 60.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41M
Ranked #5,423 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Agfa-Gevaert NV against Atlantic Inertial Systems Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 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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