Where does Behr GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Behr GMBH & Co. KG ranks #23,968 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 Behr GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Behr GMBH & Co. KG holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Behr GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Behr GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 34.7 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Behr GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Behr GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Behr GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Behr GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 17.8 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 Behr GMBH & Co. 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

Behr GMBH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Behr GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Behr GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact) with 6 patents, ranking #133 of 801 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Behr ranks #23,968 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 19 technology areas.

#23,968
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.7/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23968 · Foreign Corporation #23,968 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,968/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bauer Products
CPC-FOCUS F28D · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bauer Products, 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 Behr’s 34.7 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 8.6 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.4 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Behr & KG · this assignee

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What this shows Behr's Innovation Score is 34.7/100 (48th 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 Behr?

Each dot is one of Behr’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). Behr’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Behr's grants concentrate

Behr GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 54.5% of grants classified under F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Behr sits between Bauer Products, Inc. and BGT Materials Limited.

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What this shows Behr holds 11 patents at rank #23,955, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Behr

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,955 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus)

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

Behr's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Behr GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	54.5%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	1	9.1%
2018	3	27.3%

Which technologies does Behr GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 6

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 6

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 6

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 3

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 2

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 2

F02G - HOT GAS OR Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants ; USE OF Waste Heat OF Combustion ENGINES; NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

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

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

E05G - Safes OR Strong-rooms FOR VALUABLES; Bank Protection DEVICES; Safety Transaction Partitions 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Behr GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Behr GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F28D (Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact), 54.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F28D
Ranked #23,968 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Behr GMBH & Co. KG against Bauer Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.7/100 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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