Where does Beiersdorf AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Beiersdorf AG ranks #4,276 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 Beiersdorf AG hold?

Beiersdorf AG holds 83 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Beiersdorf AG's Innovation Score?

Beiersdorf AG has an Innovation Score of 43.0 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Beiersdorf AG focus on?

Beiersdorf AG's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 63 patents. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Beiersdorf AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Beiersdorf AG's recent grant velocity is -7% 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 Beiersdorf AG's patents?

Beiersdorf AG's patents average 17.2 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 Beiersdorf AG 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

Beiersdorf AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 83 granted patents across 15 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Beiersdorf ranks #4,276 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 83 patents across 15 technology areas.

#4,276
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.0/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4276 · Foreign Corporation #4,276 · 83 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 83 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,276/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acumed
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acumed 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beiersdorf · this assignee

43
Caavo · near

43
Liebherr-hydraulikba… · near

43
Fiskars Brands · near

43
Kennedy Valve · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Beiersdorf's Innovation Score is 43.0/100 (top 29% 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.

Where Beiersdorf's grants concentrate

Beiersdorf AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 75.9% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (16 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, Beiersdorf sits between Arteris, Inc. and Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited.

Beiersdorf's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Beiersdorf AG moved from 29 to 16 grants (0.55x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Arteris

83
Acumed

83
Aisin Technical C…

83
Apical

83
Beijing Research…

83
Bell Textron

83
Benq Materials

83
Brien Holden Visi…

83
Beiersdorf ◀

83

What this shows Beiersdorf holds 83 patents at rank #4,276, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Beiersdorf

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,276 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Beiersdorf, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Caavo Inc 43 Liebherr-hydraulikbagger GMBH 43 Fiskars Brands, Inc. 43 Kennedy Valve Company 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Daqri, LLC 17.2 avg Orbis Corporation 17.2 avg Liebherr-verzahntechnik GMBH 17.2 avg The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services 17.2 avg

Beiersdorf's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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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Beiersdorf AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	13.3%
2016	4	4.8%
2017	13	15.7%
2018	6	7.2%
2019	7	8.4%
2020	16	19.3%
2021	6	7.2%
2022	3	3.6%
2023	6	7.2%
2024	7	8.4%
2025partial year	4	4.8%

Which technologies does Beiersdorf AG patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 63

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 58

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 17

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 11

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 4

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 3

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 3

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,276

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Beiersdorf AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Beiersdorf AG's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 75.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #4,276 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Beiersdorf AG against Arteris, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.0/100 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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