Where does Bitron S.p.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bitron S.p.A. ranks #8,989 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 Bitron S.p.A. hold?

Bitron S.p.A. holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Bitron S.p.A.'s Innovation Score?

Bitron S.p.A. has an Innovation Score of 47.0 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%).

What technology areas does Bitron S.p.A. focus on?

Bitron S.p.A.'s top technology area is D06F (Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles) with 24 patents, ranking #19 of 220 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bitron S.p.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bitron S.p.A.'s recent grant velocity is -16% 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 Bitron S.p.A.'s patents?

Bitron S.p.A.'s patents average 10.1 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 Bitron S.p.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

Bitron S.p.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 31 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: D06F (Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bitron ranks #8,989 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 31 technology areas.

#8,989
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: -16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8989 · Foreign Corporation #8,989 · 35 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #8,989/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BenQ Intelligent…
CPC-FOCUS D06F · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BenQ Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (±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 Bitron’s 47.0 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 12.4 pts (26%) Velocity 8.9 pts (19%) Breadth 19.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SAFT · near

47
Bitron S p A · this assignee

47
Perfect Mobile · near

47
Wyeth · near

47
Yonsei University… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bitron's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (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 Bitron?

Each dot is one of Bitron’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). Bitron’s own 10.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bitron's grants concentrate

Bitron S.p.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 68.6% of grants classified under D06F (Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Bitron sits between BenQ Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd and Camtek Ltd..

Bitron's three-year grant acceleration

Bitron S.p.A. shows 12 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.

Benq Intelligent…

35
Big Switch Networ…

35
Binder

35
Biodesix

35
Blendjet

35
Bostik

35
Buckman Laborator…

35
Camtek

35
Bitron S p A ◀

35

What this shows Bitron holds 35 patents at rank #8,990, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bitron

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,990 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D06F (Laundering)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bitron, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In D06F (Laundering), Bitron ranks #19 of 220 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) 47 Wyeth, LLC 47 Perfect Mobile Corp. 47 SAFT 47

Bitron'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

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

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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Bitron S.p.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.9%
2016	3	8.6%
2017	5	14.3%
2018	5	14.3%
2019	5	14.3%
2020	2	5.7%
2021	2	5.7%
2022	4	11.4%
2023	4	11.4%
2024	4	11.4%

Which technologies does Bitron S.p.A. patent most?

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 24

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 17

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 7

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 5

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 5

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 2

Top 15 of 31 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

Bitron S.p.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bitron S.p.A.'s lead technology class is D06F (Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles), 68.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D06F
Ranked #8,989 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bitron S.p.A. against BenQ Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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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