Where does Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH ranks #3,424 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 Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH hold?

Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH holds 108 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH's Innovation Score?

Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH has an Innovation Score of 56.1 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH's recent grant velocity is +140% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH's patents?

Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH's patents average 15.4 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 Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH 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

Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH focus on?

Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH's top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 82 patents, ranking #6 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 108 granted patents across 38 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Böllhoff ranks #3,424 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 108 patents across 38 technology areas.

#3,424
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.1/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: +140%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3424 · Foreign Corporation #3,424 · 108 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 108 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,424/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ABB Oy
CPC-FOCUS F16B · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +140% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ABB Oy (±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 Böllhoff’s 56.1 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 16.2 pts (29%) Velocity 8.8 pts (16%) Breadth 21.8 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ball · near

56
BenQ · near

56
Dyne Therapeutics · near

56
Böllhoff Verbindungs… · this assignee

56
THE Queen's… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Böllhoff's Innovation Score is 56.1/100 (top 6% 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 Böllhoff?

Each dot is one of Böllhoff’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). Böllhoff’s own 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Böllhoff's grants concentrate

Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 75.9% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (18 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Böllhoff sits between ABB Oy and Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC.

Böllhoff's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH moved from 34 to 45 grants (1.32x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #613. See the growth leaderboard.

ABB Oy

108
Berry Global

108
Bradley Fixtures

108
Bridgestone Europ…

108
Celgard

108
DJO

108
Ecosense Lighting

108
Edwards Lifescien…

108
Böllhoff Verbindu… ◀

108

What this shows Böllhoff holds 108 patents at rank #3,424, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Böllhoff

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,424 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Böllhoff, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…), Böllhoff ranks #6 of 2,095 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

THE Queen's University OF Belfast 56 BenQ Corporation 56 Ball Corporation 56 Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute 15.4 avg Evonik Röhm GmbH 15.4 avg Bfly Operations, Inc. 15.4 avg Ineos Styrolution Group GMBH 15.4 avg

Böllhoff's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	2.8%
2016	5	4.6%
2017	7	6.5%
2018	8	7.4%
2019	7	6.5%
2020	18	16.7%
2021	9	8.3%
2022	11	10.2%
2023	18	16.7%
2024	16	14.8%
2025partial year	6	5.6%

Which technologies does Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 82

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 27

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 19

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 17

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 17

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 14

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 11

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 9

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 9

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

B23G - Thread CUTTING; Working OF Screws, Bolt Heads, OR Nuts, IN Conjunction Therewith 4

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 3

Top 15 of 38 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

Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH's lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 75.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #3,424 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH against ABB Oy, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.1/100 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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