Where does Bauer Maschinen GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bauer Maschinen GmbH ranks #6,506 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 Maschinen GmbH hold?

Bauer Maschinen GmbH holds 51 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Bauer Maschinen GmbH's Innovation Score?

Bauer Maschinen GmbH has an Innovation Score of 46.1 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Bauer Maschinen GmbH's recent grant velocity is +14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Bauer Maschinen GmbH's patents?

Bauer Maschinen GmbH's patents average 12.1 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 Maschinen 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 Maschinen GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Bauer Maschinen GmbH focus on?

Bauer Maschinen 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 33 patents, ranking #105 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 20 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: 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 #6,506 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 51 patents across 20 technology areas.

#6,506
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.1/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6506 · Foreign Corporation #6,506 · 51 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 51 grants
UPPER-Q #6,506/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agenus
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agenus 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 Bauer’s 46.1 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 13.6 pts (30%) Velocity 9.4 pts (20%) Breadth 15.8 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ada-es · near

46
Aplix · near

46
Bauer Maschinen · this assignee

46
Fuji Machine MFG · near

46
Infinity Pharmaceuti… · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bauer's Innovation Score is 46.1/100 (top 21% 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 12.1 claims/patent is at or below the 18.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bauer's grants concentrate

Bauer Maschinen GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 64.7% 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 2024 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Bauer sits between Amvac Chemical Corporation and Clover MFG. Co., Ltd..

Bauer's three-year grant acceleration

Bauer Maschinen GmbH shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Amvac Chemical

51
AST & Science

51
Agenus

51
Analytics For Life

51
Barracuda Networks

51
Built Robotics

51
Caregen

51
Clover MFG

51
Bauer Maschinen ◀

51

What this shows Bauer holds 51 patents at rank #6,505, 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 #6,505 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bauer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Bauer ranks #105 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Aplix 46 Ada-es, Inc. 46 Fuji Machine MFG. Co., Ltd. 46 Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.1 here).

Alpine Electronics, Inc. 12.1 avg LG Electronics Inc. 12.1 avg Lanto Electronic Limited 12.1 avg Rush University Medical Center 12.1 avg

Bauer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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Bauer Maschinen GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	13.7%
2016	7	13.7%
2017	1	2.0%
2018	3	5.9%
2019	4	7.8%
2020	3	5.9%
2021	5	9.8%
2022	6	11.8%
2023	1	2.0%
2024	10	19.6%
2025partial year	4	7.8%

Which technologies does Bauer Maschinen GmbH patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 33

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 25

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 10

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 2

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 1

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 1

B30B - Presses IN General 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 15 of 20 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 Maschinen GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bauer Maschinen 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), 64.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #6,506 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bauer Maschinen GmbH against Amvac Chemical Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.1/100 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.

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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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