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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Betek GmbH & Co. KG ranks #8,750 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 Betek GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Betek GmbH & Co. KG holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

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

Betek GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 36.7 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Betek GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Betek GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is E21C (Mining OR Quarrying) with 13 patents. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

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

Betek GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +19% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Betek GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 12.8 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 Betek 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

Betek GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 18 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: E21C (Mining OR Quarrying).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Betek ranks #8,750 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 18 technology areas.

#8,750
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.7/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8750 · Foreign Corporation #8,750 · 36 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,750/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BANDWITH COM
CPC-FOCUS E21C · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BANDWITH.COM, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ACE · near

37
Airius IP Holdings · near

37
Betek & KG · this assignee

37
Incheon National… · near

37
Topray Mems · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Betek's Innovation Score is 36.7/100 (top 46% 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 Betek's grants concentrate

Betek GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 36.1% of grants classified under E21C (Mining OR Quarrying). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Betek sits between BANDWITH.COM, Inc. and C2cnt LLC.

Betek's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Betek GmbH & Co. KG moved from 21 to 5 grants (0.24x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Bandwith COM

36
Bolb

36
Brasscraft Manufa…

36
Beijing Sogou Tec…

36
Biofire

36
Boomcloud 360

36
Brose Schließsyst…

36
C2cnt

36
Betek & KG ◀

36

What this shows Betek holds 36 patents at rank #8,752, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Betek

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,752 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21C (Mining OR Quarrying)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Airius IP Holdings, LLC 37 ACE Technologies Corporation 37 Topray Mems Inc. 37 Incheon National University Research & Business Foundation 37

Betek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% 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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Betek GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.8%
2016	2	5.6%
2017	3	8.3%
2018	3	8.3%
2019	7	19.4%
2020	9	25.0%
2021	5	13.9%
2022	4	11.1%
2023	1	2.8%
2025partial year	1	2.8%

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

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 13

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 10

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 5

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 4

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 2

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 2

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 1

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 1

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#8,750

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

36.7 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

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

Betek GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is E21C (Mining OR Quarrying), 36.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21C
Ranked #8,750 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Betek GmbH & Co. KG against BANDWITH.COM, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.7/100 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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