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BEC GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BEC ranks #45,079 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#45,079
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.1/100)
17.8
avg claims per patent
+50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45079 · Foreign Corporation #45,079 · 5 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
  • BOTTOM-DECILE #45,079/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beatport
  • CPC-NARROW B65G · 8 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 29.1/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-SURGE +50% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beatport, 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 BEC’s 29.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around BEC

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows BEC's Innovation Score is 29.1/100 (29th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for BEC?

Each dot is one of BEC’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). BEC’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

BEC vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 4.95.05.055.05.05.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Beatport, LLC - 5, 12.4BeatportBeaumont Products, Inc. - 5, 5.2Beaumont ProductsBeauty Union Global Limited - 5, 9.6Beauty Union Glob…Beaver Machine Corporation - 5, 11.2Beaver MachineBechtel OIL, GAS AND Chemicals, Inc - 5, 14.8Bechtel OIL GAS A…Beco Holding Limited - 5, 20Beco HoldingBecoflex - 5, 14.8BecoflexBeijing Aerospace Petrochemical Technology AND Equipment Engineering Corporation Limited - 5, 12Beijing Aerospace…BEC GmbH - 5, 17.8BEC
BEC vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where BEC's grants concentrate

BEC GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, BEC sits between Beatport, LLC and Beijing Aerospace Petrochemical Technology AND Equipment Engineering Corporation Limited.

BEC's three-year grant acceleration

BEC GmbH shows 1 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.

Who files at BEC's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows BEC holds 5 patents at rank #45,060, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near BEC

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,060 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

BEC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.5 2018201920202024 1
USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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BEC GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2018 1 20.0%
2019 1 20.0%
2020 2 40.0%
2024 1 20.0%

Which technologies does BEC GmbH patent most?

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

BEC GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • BEC GmbH's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
  • Ranked #45,079 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare BEC GmbH against Beatport, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 29.1/100 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

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.