Where does Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG ranks #39,050 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 Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG hold?

Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG's Innovation Score?

Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG has an Innovation Score of 30.6 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG'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 Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG's patents?

Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG's patents average 14.3 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 Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG 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

Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG

Q: What technology areas does Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG focus on?

Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG's top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents, ranking #419 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 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: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bega ranks #39,050 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#39,050
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.6/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39050 · Foreign Corporation #39,050 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,050/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BCN Peptides
CPC-NARROW F21V · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BCN Peptides, S.A. (±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 Bega’s 30.6 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 6.7 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (22%) Breadth 8.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Bega Gantenbrink-Lec… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Bega's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (35th 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 Bega?

Each dot is one of Bega’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). Bega’s own 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bega's grants concentrate

Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Bega sits between BCN Peptides, S.A. and Beijing Irtouch Systems Co., Ltd.

Bega's three-year grant acceleration

Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG 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.

BCN Peptides

6
BCR Environmental

6
Beam Global

6
Befs

6
Beijing Aeonmed

6
Beijing Antvr Tec…

6
Beijing Choice Te…

6
Beijing Irtouch S…

6
Bega Gantenbrink-… ◀

6

What this shows Bega holds 6 patents at rank #39,036, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bega

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,036 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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

Bega's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% 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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Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	50.0%
2019	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 4

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 3

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG's lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #39,050 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bega Gantenbrink-Lechten KG against BCN Peptides, S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.6/100 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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