Where does BÖWE Systec GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BÖWE Systec GmbH ranks #34,619 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 BÖWE Systec GmbH hold?

BÖWE Systec GmbH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is BÖWE Systec GmbH's Innovation Score?

BÖWE Systec GmbH has an Innovation Score of 31.5 out of 100 (38th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BÖWE Systec GmbH focus on?

BÖWE Systec GmbH's top technology area is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables) with 7 patents, ranking #174 of 1,019 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is BÖWE Systec GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BÖWE Systec GmbH's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 BÖWE Systec GmbH's patents?

BÖWE Systec GmbH's patents average 16.3 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 BÖWE Systec 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

BÖWE Systec GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Böwe ranks #34,619 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#34,619
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.5/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34619 · Foreign Corporation #34,619 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,619/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bushwacker
CPC-NARROW B65H · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bushwacker, Inc. (±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 Böwe’s 31.5 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 7.2 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 7.9 pts (25%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BÖWE Systec · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Böwe's Innovation Score is 31.5/100 (38th percentile 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 Böwe?

Each dot is one of Böwe’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). Böwe’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Böwe's grants concentrate

BÖWE Systec GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Böwe sits between Bushwacker, Inc. and C-tec Constellium Technology Center.

Böwe's three-year grant acceleration

BÖWE Systec GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Bushwacker

7
Butlr

7
Buzzbox Beverages

7
Bytech IP Holdings

7
C LAN Wireless

7
C&M Oilfield Rent…

7
C-com Satellite S…

7
C-tec Constellium…

7
BÖWE Systec ◀

7

What this shows BÖWE holds 7 patents at rank #34,614, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BÖWE

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,614 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material)

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

Böwe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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BÖWE Systec GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	57.1%
2019	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does BÖWE Systec GmbH patent most?

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 7

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

B43M - Bureau Accessories NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

BÖWE Systec GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BÖWE Systec GmbH's lead technology class is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65H
Ranked #34,619 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BÖWE Systec GmbH against Bushwacker, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.5/100 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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