Where does Agfa Graphics NV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Agfa Graphics NV ranks #6,732 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 Graphics NV hold?

Agfa Graphics NV holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Agfa Graphics NV's Innovation Score?

Agfa Graphics NV has an Innovation Score of 42.0 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Agfa Graphics NV's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Graphics NV's patents?

Agfa Graphics NV's patents average 14.2 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 Graphics 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 Graphics NV

Q: What technology areas does Agfa Graphics NV focus on?

Agfa Graphics NV's top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors) with 22 patents, ranking #73 of 598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Agfa ranks #6,732 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 32 technology areas.

#6,732
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.0/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6732 · Foreign Corporation #6,732 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,732/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 4D Pharma Research
CPC-FOCUS B41J · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 4D Pharma Research Limited (±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’s 42.0 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 13.5 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 20.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agfa Graphics · this assignee

42
Microsemi Semiconduc… · near

42
Nippon Thermostat · near

42
Santec Holdings · near

42
Shenzhen Keya… · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Agfa's Innovation Score is 42.0/100 (top 31% 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?

Each dot is one of Agfa’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’s own 14.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Agfa's grants concentrate

Agfa Graphics NV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 44.9% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Agfa sits between medmix Switzerland AG and Astute Medical, Inc..

medmix Switzerland

50
varmour Networks

50
4D Pharma Research

49
A L M T

49
Agjunction

49
Andritz OY

49
Aplix

49
Astute Medical

49
Agfa Graphics ◀

49

What this shows Agfa holds 49 patents at rank #6,733, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Agfa

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,733 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Agfa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B41J (Typewriters), Agfa ranks #73 of 598 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Microsemi Semiconductor ULC 42 Santec Holdings Corporation 42 Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd. 42 Shenzhen Keya Medical Technology Corporation 42

Agfa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

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 Graphics NV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	36.7%
2016	11	22.4%
2017	19	38.8%
2018	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Agfa Graphics NV patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 22

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 21

B41C - Processes FOR THE Manufacture OR Reproduction OF Printing Surfaces 15

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 14

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; 10

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 7

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

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 2

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 2

Top 15 of 32 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 Graphics NV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Agfa Graphics NV's lead technology class is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors), 44.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41J
Ranked #6,732 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Agfa Graphics NV against medmix Switzerland AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.0/100 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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