Where does Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH ranks #45,057 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 Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH hold?

Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH's Innovation Score?

Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH has an Innovation Score of 22.7 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH's patents?

Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH's patents average 12.0 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 Bauer Deep Drilling 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

Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH focus on?

Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH's top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 4 patents, ranking #774 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bauer ranks #45,057 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#45,057
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.7/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45057 · Foreign Corporation #45,057 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,057/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Base SE
CPC-NARROW E21B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Base SE (±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 Bauer’s 22.7 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 (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bauer Deep Drilling · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bauer's Innovation Score is 22.7/100 (11th 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 Bauer?

Each dot is one of Bauer’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). Bauer’s own 12.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bauer's grants concentrate

Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Bauer sits between Base SE and BDR Thermea Group B.V..

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What this shows Bauer holds 5 patents at rank #45,048, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bauer

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,048 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Bauer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2019	2	40.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 4

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #45,057 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bauer Deep Drilling GmbH against Base SE, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.7/100 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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