Where does BBS Motorsport GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BBS Motorsport GMBH ranks #45,062 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 BBS Motorsport GMBH hold?

BBS Motorsport GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is BBS Motorsport GMBH's Innovation Score?

BBS Motorsport GMBH has an Innovation Score of 22.3 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BBS Motorsport GMBH focus on?

BBS Motorsport GMBH's top technology area is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion) with 2 patents, ranking #161 of 463 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is BBS Motorsport GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BBS Motorsport GMBH's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 BBS Motorsport GMBH's patents?

BBS Motorsport GMBH's patents average 5.6 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 BBS Motorsport 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

BBS Motorsport GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BBS ranks #45,062 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#45,062
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.3/100): 5.6
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45062 · Foreign Corporation #45,062 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,062/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Basf AS
CPC-NARROW B60B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Basf AS (±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 BBS’s 22.3 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 6.2 pts (28%) Velocity 6.7 pts (30%) Breadth 6.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 3.4 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Innovative Music · near

22
Micro*D · near

22
BBS Motorsport · this assignee

22
Anitox · near

22
Amano Enzyme U · near

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BBS's Innovation Score is 22.3/100 (10th percentile 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 BBS?

Each dot is one of BBS’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). BBS’s own 5.6 claims/patent is at or below the 10.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where BBS's grants concentrate

BBS Motorsport GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, BBS sits between Basf AS and BEABA.

BBS's three-year grant acceleration

BBS Motorsport GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Basf AS

5
Battle Sports Sci…

5
Bauer Deep Drilli…

5
Bazzica Engineeri…

5
BCM

5
BDR Thermea Group…

5
BEA

5
Beaba

5
BBS Motorsport ◀

5

What this shows BBS holds 5 patents at rank #45,050, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BBS

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,050 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60B (Vehicle Wheels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BBS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60B (Vehicle Wheels), BBS ranks #161 of 463 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (22 here).

Anitox Corporation 22 Innovative Music, LLC 22 Micro*D, Inc. 22 Amano Enzyme U.S.A. Co., Ltd. 22

BBS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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BBS Motorsport GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	60.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does BBS Motorsport GMBH patent most?

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 3 of 3 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

BBS Motorsport GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BBS Motorsport GMBH's lead technology class is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60B
Ranked #45,062 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BBS Motorsport GMBH against Basf AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.3/100 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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