Where does BIG Dutchman International GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BIG Dutchman International GMBH ranks #9,980 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 BIG Dutchman International GMBH hold?

BIG Dutchman International GMBH holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is BIG Dutchman International GMBH's Innovation Score?

BIG Dutchman International GMBH has an Innovation Score of 46.6 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is BIG Dutchman International GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BIG Dutchman International GMBH's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 BIG Dutchman International GMBH's patents?

BIG Dutchman International GMBH's patents average 17.1 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 BIG Dutchman International 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

BIG Dutchman International GMBH

Q: What technology areas does BIG Dutchman International GMBH focus on?

BIG Dutchman International GMBH's top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 24 patents, ranking #30 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BIG ranks #9,980 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 25 technology areas.

#9,980
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.6/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9980 · Foreign Corporation #9,980 · 31 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #9,980/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Axonics
CPC-FOCUS A01K · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Axonics, 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 BIG’s 46.6 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 12.0 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (14%) Breadth 17.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BIG Dutchman… · this assignee

47
Eizo · near

47
Guangzhou Tyrafos… · near

47
Modumetal · near

47
TracFone Wireless · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BIG's Innovation Score is 46.6/100 (top 20% 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 BIG?

Each dot is one of BIG’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). BIG’s own 17.1 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where BIG's grants concentrate

BIG Dutchman International GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 77.4% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, BIG sits between Axonics, Inc. and Bwxt Advanced Technologies LLC.

BIG's three-year grant acceleration

BIG Dutchman International GMBH shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Axonics

31
Bailey Nurseries

31
Basf Agro Tradema…

31
Basf Mobile Emiss…

31
BP Chemicals

31
BP P L C

31
Bruker Switzerland

31
Bwxt Advanced

31
BIG Dutchman Inte… ◀

31

What this shows BIG holds 31 patents at rank #9,978, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BIG

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,978 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BIG, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01K (Animal Husbandry), BIG ranks #30 of 1,035 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Modumetal, Inc. 47 Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co., Ltd. 47 Eizo Corporation 47 TracFone Wireless, Inc. 47

BIG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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BIG Dutchman International GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	12.9%
2016	4	12.9%
2017	3	9.7%
2018	2	6.5%
2019	3	9.7%
2020	2	6.5%
2021	4	12.9%
2022	6	19.4%
2023	2	6.5%
2024	1	3.2%

Which technologies does BIG Dutchman International GMBH patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 24

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 3

B01D - Separation 3

G01G - Weighing 3

C05F - Organic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05c, e.g. Fertilisers From Waste OR Refuse 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 2

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

Top 15 of 25 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

BIG Dutchman International GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BIG Dutchman International GMBH's lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 77.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #9,980 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BIG Dutchman International GMBH against Axonics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.6/100 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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