Where does Bakelite GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bakelite GMBH ranks #45,024 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 Bakelite GMBH hold?

Bakelite GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Bakelite GMBH's Innovation Score?

Bakelite GMBH has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bakelite GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Bakelite GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for Bakelite GMBH's patents?

Bakelite GMBH's patents average 14.0 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 Bakelite 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

Bakelite GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Bakelite GMBH focus on?

Bakelite GMBH's top technology area is C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds) with 5 patents, ranking #569 of 1,741 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bakelite ranks #45,024 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#45,024
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45024 · Foreign Corporation #45,024 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,024/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BAC IP B V
CPC-NARROW C08G · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BAC IP B.V. (±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 Bakelite’s 43.3 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (46%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Bakelite · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Bakelite's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 29% 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 Bakelite?

Each dot is one of Bakelite’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). Bakelite’s own 14.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bakelite's grants concentrate

Bakelite GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Bakelite sits between BAC IP B.V. and Barcelona Supercomputing Center-centro Nacional DE Supercomputacion.

Bakelite's three-year grant acceleration

Bakelite GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows Bakelite holds 5 patents at rank #45,036, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bakelite

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,036 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY React…)

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

Bakelite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bakelite GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	20.0%
2024	2	40.0%
2025partial year	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Bakelite GMBH patent most?

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 5

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 3

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

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 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Bakelite GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bakelite GMBH's lead technology class is C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08G
Ranked #45,024 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bakelite GMBH against BAC IP B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 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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