Where does Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. ranks #45,136 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 Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. hold?

Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H.'s Innovation Score?

Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. has an Innovation Score of 22.3 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H.'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 Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H.'s patents?

Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H.'s patents average 11.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H.

Q: What technology areas does Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. focus on?

Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H.'s top technology area is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components) with 2 patents, ranking #1,708 of 3,545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 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: H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bernecker ranks #45,136 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#45,136
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.3/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45136 · Foreign Corporation #45,136 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,136/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bentech
CPC-NARROW H05K · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bentech 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 Bernecker’s 22.3 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 6.2 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Genisphere · near

22
Newtec CY · near

22
Shenzhen Kean… · near

22
Aristotech Industries · near

22
Bernecker + Rainer… · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bernecker's Innovation Score is 22.3/100 (10th 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 Bernecker?

Each dot is one of Bernecker’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). Bernecker’s own 11.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bernecker's grants concentrate

Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Bernecker sits between Bentech Inc. and Bestmate International Developing Co., Ltd..

Bentech

5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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5
Bestmate Internat…

5
Bernecker + Raine… ◀

5

What this shows Bernecker holds 5 patents at rank #45,094, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bernecker

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,094 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05K (Printed Circuits)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bernecker, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H05K (Printed Circuits), Bernecker ranks #1,708 of 3,545 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (22 here).

Aristotech Industries GmbH 22 Newtec CY 22 Genisphere, LLC 22 Shenzhen Kean Silicone Product Co., Ltd. 22

Bernecker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% 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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Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2017	2	40.0%
2018	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. patent most?

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

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

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H.'s lead technology class is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05K
Ranked #45,136 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-elektronik Ges.m.b.H. against Bentech Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.3/100 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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