Where does BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung ranks #39,019 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung'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 BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung's patents?

BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung's patents average 19.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung

Q: How many patents does BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung hold?

BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 25 technology areas.

Q: What is BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung's Innovation Score?

BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung has an Innovation Score of 36.0 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung focus on?

BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung's top technology area is B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder) with 2 patents, ranking #455 of 926 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BAM ranks #39,019 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 25 technology areas.

#39,019
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (36.0/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39019 · Foreign Corporation #39,019 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,019/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Balchem
CPC-FOCUS B22F · 25 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Balchem Corporation (±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 BAM’s 36.0 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 6.7 pts (19%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.7 pts (49%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BAM Bundesanstalt… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BAM's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (top 48% 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 BAM?

Each dot is one of BAM’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). BAM’s own 19.3 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.

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

Where BAM's grants concentrate

BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, BAM sits between Balchem Corporation and Basf Construction Solutions GmbH.

Balchem

6
Baldwin Americas

6
Ball Beverage CAN…

6
BAM

6
Bandgrip

6
Barclays Services

6
Barton Group

6
Basf Construction…

6
BAM Bundesanstalt… ◀

6

What this shows BAM holds 6 patents at rank #39,017, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BAM

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,017 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22F (Working Metallic Powder)

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

BAM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	3	50.0%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung patent most?

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 2

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 2

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Top 15 of 25 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

BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung's lead technology class is B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22F
Ranked #39,019 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefung against Balchem Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.0/100 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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