Where does Bayer CropScience N.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bayer CropScience N.V. ranks #14,483 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 CropScience N.V. hold?

Bayer CropScience N.V. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Bayer CropScience N.V.'s Innovation Score?

Bayer CropScience N.V. has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bayer CropScience N.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bayer CropScience N.V.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Bayer CropScience N.V.'s patents?

Bayer CropScience N.V.'s patents average 24.1 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 Bayer CropScience N.V. 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 CropScience N.V.

Q: What technology areas does Bayer CropScience N.V. focus on?

Bayer CropScience N.V.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 19 patents, ranking #578 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bayer ranks #14,483 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 12 technology areas.

#14,483
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14483 · Foreign Corporation #14,483 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,483/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bastian Solutions
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bastian Solutions, LLC (±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 37.2 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 10.5 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bayer CropScience · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bayer's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 24.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 4.6 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 CropScience N.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 95% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2017. By volume, Bayer sits between Brightedge Technologies, Inc. and Bell & Ross B.V..

Brightedge

20
Bullis Bromeliads

20
Bastian Solutions

20
Bayer Consumer Ca…

20
Bear Down Brands

20
Beijing Oceanbase…

20
Bejo Zaden B V

20
Bell & Ross B V

20
Bayer Cropscience ◀

20

What this shows Bayer holds 20 patents at rank #14,496, 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 #14,496 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Bayer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Bayer CropScience N.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	25.0%
2016	7	35.0%
2017	4	20.0%
2018	4	20.0%

Which technologies does Bayer CropScience N.V. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 19

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 11

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

C12Y - Enzymes 3

C07K - Peptides 2

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

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

Top 12 of 12 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 CropScience N.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bayer CropScience N.V.'s lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 95% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #14,483 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bayer CropScience N.V. against Brightedge Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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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