Where does Bernhard Foerster GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bernhard Foerster GmbH ranks #34,450 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 Bernhard Foerster GmbH hold?

Bernhard Foerster GmbH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Bernhard Foerster GmbH's Innovation Score?

Bernhard Foerster GmbH has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bernhard Foerster GmbH focus on?

Bernhard Foerster GmbH's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 7 patents, ranking #136 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bernhard Foerster GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bernhard Foerster GmbH's recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bernhard Foerster GmbH's patents?

Bernhard Foerster GmbH's patents average 18.3 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 Bernhard Foerster GmbH 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

Bernhard Foerster GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bernhard ranks #34,450 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 1 technology areas.

#34,450
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34450 · Foreign Corporation #34,450 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,450/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bell Automotive…
CPC-NARROW A61C · 1 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bell Automotive 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 Bernhard’s 41.7 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 7.2 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (48%) Breadth 3.5 pts (8%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bernhard Foerster · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bernhard's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 32% 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 Bernhard?

Each dot is one of Bernhard’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). Bernhard’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bernhard's grants concentrate

Bernhard Foerster GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Bernhard sits between Bell Automotive Products, Inc. and Biegert & Funk Product GmbH & Co. KG.

Bernhard's three-year grant acceleration

Bernhard Foerster GmbH shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Bell Automotive P…

7
Bell Semiconductor

7
Benbria

7
Benitec Biopharma

7
Beta-o2

7
Beyond Identity

7
Beyond Imagination

7
Biegert & Funk Pr…

7
Bernhard Foerster ◀

7

What this shows Bernhard holds 7 patents at rank #34,519, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bernhard

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,519 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Bernhard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bernhard Foerster GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2022	2	28.6%
2023	2	28.6%
2024	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Bernhard Foerster GmbH patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 7

Top 1 of 1 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

Bernhard Foerster GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bernhard Foerster GmbH's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #34,450 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bernhard Foerster GmbH against Bell Automotive Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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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