Where does BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH ranks #20,806 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 BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH hold?

BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2023, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH's Innovation Score?

BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH has an Innovation Score of 41.1 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH's patents?

BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH's patents average 14.1 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 BCS Automotive Interface Solutions 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

BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH

Q: What technology areas does BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH focus on?

BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH's top technology area is B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply ) with 9 patents, ranking #301 of 1,448 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2023. 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: B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashb).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BCS ranks #20,806 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 20 technology areas.

#20,806
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.1/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20806 · Foreign Corporation #20,806 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,806/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BAD BOY Mowers
CPC-FOCUS B60K · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2023 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BAD BOY Mowers, 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 BCS’s 41.1 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 9.1 pts (22%) Velocity 7.8 pts (19%) Breadth 15.8 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows BCS's Innovation Score is 41.1/100 (top 34% 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 BCS?

Each dot is one of BCS’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). BCS’s own 14.1 claims/patent is at or below the 14.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where BCS's grants concentrate

BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashb). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, BCS sits between B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc. and Beijing BOE Special Display Technology Co., Ltd..

BCS's three-year grant acceleration

BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

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What this shows BCS holds 13 patents at rank #20,802, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BCS

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,802 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…)

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

BCS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2023

Grants by year

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

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BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	7.7%
2021	5	38.5%
2022	5	38.5%
2023	2	15.4%

Which technologies does BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH patent most?

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 9

H03K - Pulse Technique 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

Top 15 of 20 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

BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH's lead technology class is B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashb), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60K
Ranked #20,806 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BCS Automotive Interface Solutions GMBH against B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.1/100 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.