Where does Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH ranks #10,262 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 Spezialtiefbau GmbH hold?

Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH's Innovation Score?

Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH has an Innovation Score of 43.4 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH focus on?

Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH's top technology area is E02D (FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures) with 24 patents, ranking #7 of 430 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

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

Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH's recent grant velocity is +15% 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 Spezialtiefbau GmbH's patents?

Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH's patents average 12.3 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 Bauer Spezialtiefbau 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 Spezialtiefbau GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 17 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: E02D (FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bauer ranks #10,262 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 17 technology areas.

#10,262
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.4/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: +15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10262 · Foreign Corporation #10,262 · 30 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,262/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Armament Systems…
CPC-FOCUS E02D · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Armament Systems and Procedures, 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 43.4 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 11.9 pts (27%) Velocity 9.5 pts (22%) Breadth 14.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bauer Spezialtiefbau · this assignee

43
CommScope Italy S R L · near

43
Gemtek Technology · near

43
Hindustan Petroleum · near

43
JCR Pharmaceuticals · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bauer's Innovation Score is 43.4/100 (top 28% 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 12.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.4 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 Spezialtiefbau GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under E02D (FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Bauer sits between Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. and Burckhardt Compression AG.

Bauer's three-year grant acceleration

Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Armament Systems…

30
Atropos

30
B &W Custom Truck…

30
B&B Italia S p A

30
Botrista Technolo…

30
Bradshaw Home

30
Brose Fahrzeugtei…

30
Burckhardt Compre…

30
Bauer Spezialtief… ◀

30

What this shows Bauer holds 30 patents at rank #10,262, 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 #10,262 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E02D (Foundations)

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 E02D (Foundations), Bauer ranks #7 of 430 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

CommScope Italy S.R.L. 43 JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. 43 Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd. 43 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 43

Bauer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 Spezialtiefbau GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.7%
2016	3	10.0%
2017	4	13.3%
2018	2	6.7%
2019	2	6.7%
2020	3	10.0%
2021	2	6.7%
2022	4	13.3%
2023	3	10.0%
2024	3	10.0%
2025partial year	2	6.7%

Which technologies does Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH patent most?

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 24

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 11

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 6

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B09B - Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

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

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

F24T - Geothermal COLLECTORS; Geothermal Systems 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 15 of 17 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 Spezialtiefbau GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH's lead technology class is E02D (FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E02D
Ranked #10,262 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH against Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.4/100 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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