Where does BG Soflex LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BG Soflex LLC ranks #31,012 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 BG Soflex LLC hold?

BG Soflex LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is BG Soflex LLC's Innovation Score?

BG Soflex LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BG Soflex LLC focus on?

BG Soflex LLC's top technology area is F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines) with 8 patents, ranking #137 of 518 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is BG Soflex LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BG Soflex LLC's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 BG Soflex LLC's patents?

BG Soflex LLC's patents average 17.8 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 BG Soflex LLC 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

BG Soflex LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BG ranks #31,012 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 7 technology areas.

#31,012
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31012 · US Corporation #31,012 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,012/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Besins Healthcare…
CPC-NARROW F02D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Besins Healthcare Luxembourg Sarl (±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 BG’s 27.6 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 7.6 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BG Soflex · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BG's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th 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 BG?

Each dot is one of BG’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). BG’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where BG's grants concentrate

BG Soflex LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, BG sits between Besins Healthcare Luxembourg Sarl and Bilberry SAS.

Besins Healthcare…

8
Bestee Material (…

8
Better Walk

8
Beyond AIR

8
BHS

8
BIG Daishowa

8
BIG SUN Energy Te…

8
Bilberry SAS

8
BG Soflex ◀

8

What this shows BG holds 8 patents at rank #30,986, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BG

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,986 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines)

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

BG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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BG Soflex LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	1	12.5%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	2	25.0%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%

Which technologies does BG Soflex LLC patent most?

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 8

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 7

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

BG Soflex LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BG Soflex LLC's lead technology class is F02D (Controlling Combustion Engines), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02D
Ranked #31,012 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BG Soflex LLC against Besins Healthcare Luxembourg Sarl, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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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