Where does Beckhoff Automation GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Beckhoff Automation GmbH ranks #2,262 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 Beckhoff Automation GmbH hold?

Beckhoff Automation GmbH holds 173 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Beckhoff Automation GmbH's Innovation Score?

Beckhoff Automation GmbH has an Innovation Score of 60.8 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Beckhoff Automation GmbH focus on?

Beckhoff Automation GmbH's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 55 patents, ranking #608 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

Is Beckhoff Automation GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Beckhoff Automation GmbH's recent grant velocity is +106% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Beckhoff Automation GmbH's patents?

Beckhoff Automation GmbH's patents average 16.4 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 Beckhoff Automation 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

Beckhoff Automation GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 173 granted patents across 56 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Beckhoff ranks #2,262 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 173 patents across 56 technology areas.

#2,262
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.8/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +106%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2262 · Foreign Corporation #2,262 · 173 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 173 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,262/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bard Access Systems
CPC-WIDE H04L · 56 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +106% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bard Access Systems, 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 Beckhoff’s 60.8 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 17.8 pts (29%) Velocity 8.2 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beckhoff Automation · this assignee

61
Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-U… · near

61
Lanxess · near

61
Lineage Logistics · near

61
University OF… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Beckhoff's Innovation Score is 60.8/100 (top 3% 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 Beckhoff?

Each dot is one of Beckhoff’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). Beckhoff’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Beckhoff's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Beckhoff Automation GmbH received 101 grants versus 49 in 2015–2019 (+106% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 33 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 6. Lead class H04L accounts for 31.8% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (#2,258) and Edwards Limited (#2,266).

Beckhoff's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Beckhoff Automation GmbH moved from 53 to 65 grants (1.23x 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 #747. See the growth leaderboard.

Sumitomo Construc…

174
Valeo Equipements…

174
Yahoo Japan

174
Bard Access Syste…

173
Bell Sports

173
Berry Plastics

173
Delaval Holding AB

173
Edwards

173
Beckhoff Automati… ◀

173

What this shows Beckhoff holds 173 patents at rank #2,262, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Beckhoff

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,262 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Beckhoff, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Beckhoff ranks #608 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

University OF Connecticut 61 Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY) 61 Lineage Logistics, LLC 61 Lanxess Corporation 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

AWI Licensing LLC 16.4 avg Rheem Manufacturing Company 16.4 avg BAE Systems PLC 16.4 avg ElringKlinger AG 16.4 avg

Beckhoff's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Beckhoff Automation GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	3.5%
2016	9	5.2%
2017	7	4.0%
2018	10	5.8%
2019	17	9.8%
2020	21	12.1%
2021	15	8.7%
2022	20	11.6%
2023	12	6.9%
2024	33	19.1%
2025partial year	23	13.3%

Which technologies does Beckhoff Automation GmbH patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 55

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 42

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 37

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 25

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 25

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 22

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 11

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 11

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 11

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 9

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 9

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 8

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 7

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 7

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 6

Top 15 of 56 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

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

Beckhoff Automation GmbH's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 31.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,262 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Beckhoff Automation GmbH against Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.8/100 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

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