Where does Bender GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bender GmbH & Co. KG ranks #4,505 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 Bender GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Bender GmbH & Co. KG holds 78 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Bender GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Bender GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 43.8 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bender GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bender GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +165% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bender GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Bender GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 10.5 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 Bender 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

Bender GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Bender GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Bender GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 65 patents. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 78 granted patents across 26 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bender ranks #4,505 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 78 patents across 26 technology areas.

#4,505
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: +165%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4505 · Foreign Corporation #4,505 · 78 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 78 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,505/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aselsan Elektronik…
CPC-FOCUS G01R · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +165% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi VE Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (±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
Bender & KG · this assignee

44
Designs for Vision · near

44
Divx · near

44
RFMicron · near

44
Somfy SAS · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bender's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 Bender's grants concentrate

Bender GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (16 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, Bender sits between Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi VE Ticaret Anonim Sirketi and Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Ltd..

Bender's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bender GmbH & Co. KG moved from 34 to 22 grants (0.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Aselsan Elektroni…

78
Aspen Aerogels

78
Bracco Imaging S…

78
Basso Industry

78
Curt G Joa

78
EberspÄCHER Clima…

78
Elekta AB (publ)

78
Fairchild Korea S…

78
Bender & KG ◀

78

What this shows Bender holds 78 patents at rank #4,506, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bender

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,506 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Somfy SAS 44 RFMicron, Inc. 44 Divx, LLC 44 Designs for Vision, Inc. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.5 here).

Fivetech Technology Inc. 10.5 avg Subaru Corporation 10.5 avg Hirata Corporation 10.5 avg Beijing University of Chemical Technology 10.5 avg

Bender's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% 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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Bender GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	6.4%
2016	4	5.1%
2017	3	3.8%
2018	5	6.4%
2019	3	3.8%
2020	16	20.5%
2021	15	19.2%
2022	10	12.8%
2023	7	9.0%
2024	5	6.4%
2025partial year	5	6.4%

Which technologies does Bender GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 65

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 31

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 10

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 7

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 7

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

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 5

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

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

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

H04B - Transmission 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Top 15 of 26 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,505

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.8 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

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

Bender GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #4,505 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bender GmbH & Co. KG against Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi VE Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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