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Birkenstock IP GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: A41B (SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Birkenstock ranks #4,031 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 1 technology areas.

#4,031
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.8/100)
1.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4031 · Foreign Corporation #4,031 · 89 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

  • GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
  • TOP-DECILE #4,031/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH B-K Medical APS
  • CPC-NARROW A41B · 1 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 39.8/100
  • CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.1 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
  • BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: B-K Medical 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 Birkenstock’s 39.8 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 Birkenstock

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

score

What this shows Birkenstock's Innovation Score is 39.8/100 (top 37% 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 Birkenstock?

Each dot is one of Birkenstock’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). Birkenstock’s own 1.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Birkenstock 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 88.58989.59090.5 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Versata Development Group, Inc. - 90, 22.88Versata Developme…Vertiv Corporation - 90, 16.48VertivB-K Medical APS - 89, 20.76B-K Medical APSBGC Partners, Inc. - 89, 19.16BGC PartnersBushnell Inc. - 89, 9.71BushnellCarbo Ceramics, Inc. - 89, 19.01Carbo CeramicsCollins Engine Nozzles, Inc. - 89, 12.63Collins Engine No…Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. - 89, 3.37Columbia Sportswe…Birkenstock IP GmbH - 89, 1.12Birkenstock IP
Birkenstock vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Birkenstock's grants concentrate

Birkenstock IP GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 1.1% of grants classified under A41B (SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (30 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Birkenstock sits between Versata Development Group, Inc. and Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc..

Birkenstock's three-year grant acceleration

Birkenstock IP GmbH shows 64 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Who files at Birkenstock's volume?

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

patents

What this shows Birkenstock holds 89 patents at rank #4,031, 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 Birkenstock

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,031 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A41B (Shirts)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Birkenstock, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A41B (Shirts), Birkenstock ranks #82 of 123 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Genesis Photonics Inc. 40 Institut Gustave Roussy 40 Astute Medical, Inc. 40 Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (1.1 here).

Comfort Research, LLC 1.1 avg Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC 1.1 avg Rothy's, Inc 1.1 avg Flos S.P.A. 1.1 avg

Birkenstock's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Birkenstock IP GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2021 1 1.1%
2022 30 33.7%
2023 15 16.9%
2024 19 21.3%
2025partial year 24 27.0%

Which technologies does Birkenstock IP GmbH patent most?

Top 1 of 1 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

Birkenstock IP GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Birkenstock IP GmbH's lead technology class is A41B (SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs), 1.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A41B
  • Ranked #4,031 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Birkenstock IP GmbH against Versata Development Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 39.8/100 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

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.