Where does Besi Switzerland AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Besi Switzerland AG ranks #15,143 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 Besi Switzerland AG hold?

Besi Switzerland AG holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Besi Switzerland AG's Innovation Score?

Besi Switzerland AG has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Besi Switzerland AG focus on?

Besi Switzerland AG's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 16 patents, ranking #706 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Besi Switzerland AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Besi Switzerland AG's recent grant velocity is -36% 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 Besi Switzerland AG's patents?

Besi Switzerland AG's patents average 10.4 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 Besi Switzerland 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

Besi Switzerland AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Besi ranks #15,143 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 15 technology areas.

#15,143
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: -36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15143 · Foreign Corporation #15,143 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,143/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing Smarter Eye…
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing Smarter Eye Technology Co. Ltd (±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 Besi’s 41.4 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 10.3 pts (25%) Velocity 11.1 pts (27%) Breadth 13.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Besi Switzerland · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Besi's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 Besi?

Each dot is one of Besi’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). Besi’s own 10.4 claims/patent is at or below the 10.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Besi's grants concentrate

Besi Switzerland AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 84.2% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Besi sits between Beijing Smarter Eye Technology Co. Ltd and BetterUp, Inc..

Besi's three-year grant acceleration

Besi Switzerland AG shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Beijing Smarter E…

19
Bel Fuse (Macao C…

19
Bell Biosystems

19
Besi Netherlands…

19
Best Accessory Gr…

19
Best Pacific Text…

19
Betta Pharmaceuti…

19
Betterup

19
Besi Switzerland ◀

19

What this shows Besi holds 19 patents at rank #15,149, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Besi

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,149 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Besi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% 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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Besi Switzerland AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.5%
2016	4	21.1%
2017	2	10.5%
2018	2	10.5%
2019	1	5.3%
2020	1	5.3%
2021	1	5.3%
2023	1	5.3%
2024	4	21.1%
2025partial year	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Besi Switzerland AG patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 16

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

B30B - Presses IN General 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

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

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 15 of 15 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

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

Besi Switzerland AG's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 84.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #15,143 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Besi Switzerland AG against Beijing Smarter Eye Technology Co. Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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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