Where does Benz Research AND Development Corp rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Benz Research AND Development Corp ranks #19,509 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 Benz Research AND Development Corp hold?

Benz Research AND Development Corp holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Benz Research AND Development Corp's Innovation Score?

Benz Research AND Development Corp has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Benz Research AND Development Corp's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Benz Research AND Development Corp's recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Benz Research AND Development Corp's patents?

Benz Research AND Development Corp's patents average 20.4 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 Benz Research AND Development Corp 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 US Corporation

Benz Research AND Development Corp

Q: What technology areas does Benz Research AND Development Corp focus on?

Benz Research AND Development Corp's top technology area is 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) with 9 patents, ranking #332 of 2,589 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: 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;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Benz ranks #19,509 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 17 technology areas.

#19,509
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19509 · US Corporation #19,509 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,509/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bedjet
CPC-FOCUS A61L · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bedjet 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.

How Benz’s 39.5 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 9.4 pts (24%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 14.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Benz's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 Benz?

Each dot is one of Benz’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). Benz’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Benz's grants concentrate

Benz Research AND Development Corp is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 64.3% of grants classified under 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;). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Benz sits between Bedjet LLC and Biospine, LLC.

Benz's three-year grant acceleration

Benz Research AND Development Corp shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Bedjet

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Beta Pharma

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Bhaptics

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Bidi Vapor

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Biospine

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What this shows Benz holds 14 patents at rank #19,493, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Benz

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,493 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…)

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

Benz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Benz Research AND Development Corp patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	14.3%
2017	1	7.1%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	3	21.4%
2021	3	21.4%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Benz Research AND Development Corp patent most?

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 9

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 9

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

B01D - Separation 2

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

B23C - Milling 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Benz Research AND Development Corp's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Benz Research AND Development Corp's lead technology class is 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;), 64.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61L
Ranked #19,509 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Benz Research AND Development Corp against Bedjet LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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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