Where does BLÜCHER GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BLÜCHER GMBH ranks #11,187 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 BLÜCHER GMBH hold?

BLÜCHER GMBH holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is BLÜCHER GMBH's Innovation Score?

BLÜCHER GMBH has an Innovation Score of 49.7 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BLÜCHER GMBH focus on?

BLÜCHER GMBH's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 15 patents, ranking #308 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is BLÜCHER GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BLÜCHER GMBH's recent grant velocity is -58% 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 BLÜCHER GMBH's patents?

BLÜCHER GMBH's patents average 16.7 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 BLÜCHER 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

BLÜCHER GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 37 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Blücher ranks #11,187 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 37 technology areas.

#11,187
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.7/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11187 · Foreign Corporation #11,187 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,187/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Automated Packaging…
CPC-FOCUS B01J · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Automated Packaging Systems, 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 Blücher’s 49.7 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 11.5 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (13%) Breadth 21.5 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kanto Denka Kogyo · near

50
Suez Groupe · near

50
BLÜCHER · this assignee

50
Mc10 · near

50
Entefy · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Blücher's Innovation Score is 49.7/100 (top 14% 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 Blücher?

Each dot is one of Blücher’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). Blücher’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Blücher's grants concentrate

BLÜCHER GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Blücher sits between Automated Packaging Systems, LLC and BTL Medical Technologies s.r.o..

Blücher's three-year grant acceleration

BLÜCHER GMBH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Automated Packagi…

27
Avalon Holographi…

27
Bellwether

27
Bitmain

27
Bmts Technology &…

27
Bone Foam

27
Bonutti Research

27
BTL Medical s r o

27
BLÜCHER ◀

27

What this shows BLÜCHER holds 27 patents at rank #11,179, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BLÜCHER

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,179 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BLÜCHER, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), BLÜCHER ranks #308 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Mc10, Inc. 50 Entefy Inc. 50 Suez Groupe 50 Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd. 50

Blücher's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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BLÜCHER GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	14.8%
2016	5	18.5%
2017	3	11.1%
2018	5	18.5%
2019	2	7.4%
2020	1	3.7%
2021	2	7.4%
2022	2	7.4%
2023	3	11.1%

Which technologies does BLÜCHER GMBH patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 15

B01D - Separation 10

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 6

A62D - Chemical Means FOR Extinguishing Fires OR FOR Combating OR Protecting Against Harmful Chemical AGENTS; Chemical Materials FOR USE IN Breathing Apparatus 6

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 6

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 5

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 4

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 4

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 4

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 3

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 2

Top 15 of 37 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

BLÜCHER GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BLÜCHER GMBH's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #11,187 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BLÜCHER GMBH against Automated Packaging Systems, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.7/100 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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