Where does Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. ranks #6,744 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 Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. hold?

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.5 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. focus on?

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.'s top technology area is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories) with 17 patents, ranking #19 of 376 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -15% 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 Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.'s patents?

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.'s patents average 12.3 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 Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bobrick ranks #6,744 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 23 technology areas.

#6,744
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.5/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: -15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6744 · US Corporation #6,744 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,744/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Andritz OY
CPC-FOCUS A47K · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Andritz OY (±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 Bobrick’s 44.5 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 13.5 pts (30%) Velocity 6.7 pts (15%) Breadth 17.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bobrick Washroom… · this assignee

45
Hellermanntyton · near

45
Invently Automotive · near

45
Kinsa · near

45
Pictiva Displays… · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bobrick's Innovation Score is 44.5/100 (top 25% 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 Bobrick?

Each dot is one of Bobrick’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). Bobrick’s own 12.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bobrick's grants concentrate

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 34.7% of grants classified under A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (11 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, Bobrick sits between Andritz OY and Bavarian Nordic A/S.

Bobrick's three-year grant acceleration

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Andritz OY

49
Aplix

49
Astute Medical

49
Beyond Twenty

49
Bosch

49
Brose Fahrzeugtei…

49
Bath & Body Works…

49
Bavarian Nordic A…

49
Bobrick Washroom… ◀

49

What this shows Bobrick holds 49 patents at rank #6,739, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bobrick

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,739 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47K (Sanitary Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bobrick, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47K (Sanitary Equipment), Bobrick ranks #19 of 376 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Invently Automotive Inc. 45 Hellermanntyton Co., Ltd. 45 Pictiva Displays International Limited 45 Kinsa Inc. 45

Bobrick's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	12.2%
2016	4	8.2%
2017	5	10.2%
2018	11	22.4%
2020	8	16.3%
2021	3	6.1%
2022	3	6.1%
2023	5	10.2%
2024	3	6.1%
2025partial year	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. patent most?

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 17

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 5

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 5

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

A47D - Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 3

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 2

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 2

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 2

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 2

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

Top 15 of 23 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

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories), 34.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47K
Ranked #6,744 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. against Andritz OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.5/100 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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