Where does BD Switzerland Sàrl rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BD Switzerland Sàrl ranks #30,976 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 BD Switzerland Sàrl hold?

BD Switzerland Sàrl holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is BD Switzerland Sàrl's Innovation Score?

BD Switzerland Sàrl has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (37th 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 BD Switzerland Sàrl focus on?

BD Switzerland Sàrl's top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 8 patents, ranking #175 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is BD Switzerland Sàrl's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BD Switzerland Sàrl's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for BD Switzerland Sàrl's patents?

BD Switzerland Sàrl's patents average 20.0 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 BD Switzerland Sàrl 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

BD Switzerland Sàrl

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BD ranks #30,976 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 4 technology areas.

#30,976
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30976 · Foreign Corporation #30,976 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,976/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BAY Dynamics
CPC-NARROW B65B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BAY Dynamics, Inc. (±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 BD’s 31.1 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 7.6 pts (24%) Velocity 4.4 pts (14%) Breadth 7.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BD Switzerland Sàrl · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BD's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (37th 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 BD?

Each dot is one of BD’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). BD’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where BD's grants concentrate

BD Switzerland Sàrl is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). By volume, BD sits between BAY Dynamics, Inc. and Beauty Yaurient Cosmetics ACCESSORIES(SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd.

BD's three-year grant acceleration

BD Switzerland Sàrl shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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 BD holds 8 patents at rank #30,966, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BD

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,966 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

BD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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BD Switzerland Sàrl patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does BD Switzerland Sàrl patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 8

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 3

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 1

Top 4 of 4 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

BD Switzerland Sàrl's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BD Switzerland Sàrl's lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #30,976 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BD Switzerland Sàrl against BAY Dynamics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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

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