Where does Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH ranks #883 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 Intellectual Property GmbH hold?

Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH holds 513 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 96 technology areas.

What is Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH's Innovation Score?

Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH has an Innovation Score of 54.9 out of 100 (top 7% 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 Intellectual Property GmbH focus on?

Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH's top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 243 patents, ranking #26 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 96 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH's recent grant velocity is -97% 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 Intellectual Property GmbH's patents?

Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH's patents average 12.8 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 Intellectual Property 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 Intellectual Property GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 513 granted patents across 96 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bayer ranks #883 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 513 patents across 96 technology areas.

#883
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (54.9/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -97%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R883 · Foreign Corporation #883 · 513 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 513 grants
TOP-DECILE #883/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cfph
CPC-WIDE C07D · 96 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -97% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cfph, LLC (±1 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 54.9 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 21.6 pts (39%) Velocity 0.6 pts (1%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aichi Steel · near

55
Siemens Gamesa… · near

55
Bayer Intellectual… · this assignee

55
Manehu Product… · near

55
Thule Sweden AB · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bayer's Innovation Score is 54.9/100 (top 7% 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 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Bayer's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH received 13 grants versus 500 in 2015–2019 (-97% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 231 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 3. Lead class C07D accounts for 47.4% of the portfolio across 96 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Graphic Packaging International, LLC (#879) and Jiangnan University (#887).

Bayer's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH moved from 31 to 3 grants (0.10x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,180. See the growth leaderboard.

Graphic Packaging…

516
Oticon A/S

516
Board OF Trustees…

515
Cfph

514
Bayer Intellectua… ◀

513
Dish L L C

512
Emory University

512
Kennametal

512
Jiangnan Universi…

511

What this shows Bayer holds 513 patents at rank #883, 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 #883 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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 C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), Bayer ranks #26 of 3,165 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Manehu Product Alliance, LLC 55 Thule Sweden AB 55 Aichi Steel Corporation 55 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Service GmbH 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

adidas AG 12.8 avg LG Energy Solution, Ltd. 12.8 avg Sogang University Research Foundation 12.8 avg Morpho, Inc. 12.8 avg

Bayer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

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 Intellectual Property GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	231	45.0%
2016	149	29.0%
2017	66	12.9%
2018	33	6.4%
2019	21	4.1%
2020	7	1.4%
2021	3	0.6%
2022	3	0.6%

Which technologies does Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 243

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 202

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 200

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 148

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 64

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 31

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 25

C07K - Peptides 19

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

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 14

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 13

C07J - Steroids 12

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 10

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 10

Top 15 of 96 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 Intellectual Property GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH's lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 47.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #883 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH against Graphic Packaging International, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.9/100 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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