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Bilz Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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: B23B (TURNING; Boring).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bilz ranks #39,107 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#39,107
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.2/100)
14.3
avg claims per patent
-100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39107 · Foreign Corporation #39,107 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
  • LOWER-Q #39,107/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bifrost Communicatio…
  • CPC-NARROW B23B · 5 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 23.2/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DROP -100% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bifrost Communications ApS (±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 Bilz’s 23.2 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Bilz

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Bilz's Innovation Score is 23.2/100 (12th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Bilz?

Each dot is one of Bilz’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). Bilz’s own 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Bilz vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 5.96.06.066.06.06.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Bifrost Communications ApS - 6, 19.67Bifrost Communica…Big Heart Pet Brands - 6, 10.67Big Heart Pet Bra…Big Sky Financial Corporation - 6, 16.17Big Sky FinancialBill Thomas Associates, Inc. - 6, 6.83Bill Thomas Assoc…Bing Innovations, L.L.C. - 6, 20.17Bing Innovations…BioCut, LLC - 6, 3.5BiocutBioFluid Technology, Inc. - 6, 19.17Biofluid Technolo…BioGenware, LLC - 6, 7.67BiogenwareBilz Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG - 6, 14.33Bilz Werkzeugfabr…
Bilz vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Bilz's grants concentrate

Bilz Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B23B (TURNING; Boring). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Bilz sits between Bifrost Communications ApS and BioGenware, LLC.

Who files at Bilz's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Bilz holds 6 patents at rank #39,196, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Bilz

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,196 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23B (Turning)

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

Bilz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.533.5 201720182019 3
USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bilz Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2017 1 16.7%
2018 2 33.3%
2019 3 50.0%

Which technologies does Bilz Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

  • Bilz Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B23B (TURNING; Boring), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23B
  • Ranked #39,107 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Bilz Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG against Bifrost Communications ApS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 23.2/100 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

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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

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.