Where does BIC Violex Single Member S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BIC Violex Single Member S.A. ranks #4,107 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 BIC Violex Single Member S.A. hold?

BIC Violex Single Member S.A. holds 87 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is BIC Violex Single Member S.A.'s Innovation Score?

BIC Violex Single Member S.A. has an Innovation Score of 69.3 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BIC Violex Single Member S.A. focus on?

BIC Violex Single Member S.A.'s top technology area is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 62 patents, ranking #6 of 239 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

Is BIC Violex Single Member S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for BIC Violex Single Member S.A..

What does claim depth mean for BIC Violex Single Member S.A.'s patents?

BIC Violex Single Member S.A.'s patents average 17.2 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.

How is the BIC Violex Single Member S.A. 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

BIC Violex Single Member S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 87 granted patents across 44 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BIC ranks #4,107 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 87 patents across 44 technology areas.

#4,107
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.3/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4107 · Foreign Corporation #4,107 · 87 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 87 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,107/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Basf Agricultural…
CPC-WIDE B26B · 44 areas
INNOV-STRONG 69.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Basf Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC (±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 BIC’s 69.3 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 15.5 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (29%) Breadth 23.5 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Continental Automotive · near

69
Nokia Solutions AND… · near

69
BIC Violex Single… · this assignee

69
Delta (Shanghai) · near

69
MediaTek Singapore Pte · near

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BIC's Innovation Score is 69.3/100 (top 1% 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 BIC?

Each dot is one of BIC’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). BIC’s own 17.2 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where BIC's grants concentrate

BIC Violex Single Member S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 71.3% of grants classified under B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (26 grants) versus a trough of 15 in 2022. By volume, BIC sits between Toray Plastics (America), Inc. and Chanel Parfums Beaute.

BIC's three-year grant acceleration

BIC Violex Single Member S.A. shows 65 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.

Toray Plastics (A…

88
WIN Semiconductors

88
Basf Agricultural…

87
Belimo Holding

87
Beijing Tusen Zhi…

87
Board of Trustees…

87
Cellectis

87
Chanel Parfums Be…

87
BIC Violex Single… ◀

87

What this shows BIC holds 87 patents at rank #4,106, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BIC

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,106 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BIC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools), BIC ranks #6 of 239 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 69 Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY 69 Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH 69 MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd. 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Intertrust Technologies Corporation 17.2 avg Sorin CRM SAS 17.2 avg MicroVention, Inc. 17.2 avg Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH 17.2 avg

BIC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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BIC Violex Single Member S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	15	17.2%
2023	24	27.6%
2024	26	29.9%
2025partial year	22	25.3%

Which technologies does BIC Violex Single Member S.A. patent most?

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 62

B43K - Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing 17

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 9

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 2

B43L - Articles FOR Writing OR Drawing UPON; ; Writing OR Drawing AIDS;; Accessories FOR Writing OR Drawing 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

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 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

Top 15 of 44 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

BIC Violex Single Member S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BIC Violex Single Member S.A.'s lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 71.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
Ranked #4,107 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BIC Violex Single Member S.A. against Toray Plastics (America), Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 69.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.