Where does Bayer Animal Health GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bayer Animal Health GmbH ranks #7,982 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 Bayer Animal Health GmbH hold?

Bayer Animal Health GmbH holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Bayer Animal Health GmbH's Innovation Score?

Bayer Animal Health GmbH has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bayer Animal Health GmbH focus on?

Bayer Animal Health GmbH's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 30 patents, ranking #655 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bayer Animal Health GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bayer Animal Health GmbH's recent grant velocity is +86% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bayer Animal Health GmbH's patents?

Bayer Animal Health GmbH's patents average 17.6 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 Bayer Animal Health 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

Bayer Animal Health GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bayer ranks #7,982 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 15 technology areas.

#7,982
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: +86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7982 · Foreign Corporation #7,982 · 40 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #7,982/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Belgravia Wood
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Belgravia Wood Limited (±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 Bayer’s 41.7 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 12.8 pts (31%) Velocity 4.7 pts (11%) Breadth 13.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bayer Animal Health · this assignee

42
Btsr International… · near

42
Cujo · near

42
Klingelnberg · near

42
Richter Gedeon Nyrt · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bayer's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 32% 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 Bayer?

Each dot is one of Bayer’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). Bayer’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bayer's grants concentrate

Bayer Animal Health GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Bayer sits between Bial-portela & CA, S.A. and Cantor Index, LLC.

Bayer's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bayer Animal Health GmbH moved from 20 to 14 grants (0.70x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Bial-portela & CA

40
BIG Lift

40
Bromine Compounds

40
Byton

40
Belgravia Wood

40
Breathablebaby

40
Cambria County As…

40
Cantor Index

40
Bayer Animal Heal… ◀

40

What this shows Bayer holds 40 patents at rank #7,987, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bayer

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,987 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bayer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…), Bayer ranks #655 of 6,058 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Cujo LLC 42 Klingelnberg GMBH 42 Btsr International S.P.A. 42 Richter Gedeon Nyrt. 42

Bayer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

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

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Bayer Animal Health GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	10.0%
2018	2	5.0%
2019	8	20.0%
2020	6	15.0%
2021	6	15.0%
2022	10	25.0%
2023	4	10.0%

Which technologies does Bayer Animal Health GmbH patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 30

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 21

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 14

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 9

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 2

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Bayer Animal Health GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bayer Animal Health GmbH's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #7,982 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bayer Animal Health GmbH against Bial-portela & CA, S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.