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Bobst Bielefeld GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bobst ranks #12,846 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 8 technology areas.

#12,846
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.6/100)
14.3
avg claims per patent
+900%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12846 · Foreign Corporation #12,846 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
  • MID-PACK #12,846/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Biocartis
  • CPC-NARROW B41F · 8 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 49.6/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-SURGE +900% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biocartis, NV (±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 Bobst’s 49.6 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 Bobst

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

score

What this shows Bobst's Innovation Score is 49.6/100 (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.

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

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Bobst?

Each dot is one of Bobst’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). Bobst’s own 14.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Bobst 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 22.922.92323.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Biocartis, NV - 23, 14.87BiocartisBiophore India Pharmaceuticals PVT. Ltd - 23, 7.04Biophore India Ph…Blue SKY Innovation Group, Inc. - 23, 3.78Blue SKY Innovati…Blueshift Materials, Inc. - 23, 21.09Blueshift Materia…Boegli-gravures SA - 23, 18.57Boegli-gravuresBridgepoint Medical, Inc. - 23, 20.74Bridgepoint Medic…Bruni Glass S.P.A. - 23, 1Bruni Glass S P ABWI (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. - 23, 14.52BWI (Shanghai)Bobst Bielefeld GMBH - 23, 14.35Bobst Bielefeld
Bobst vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Bobst's grants concentrate

Bobst Bielefeld GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 95.7% of grants classified under B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Bobst sits between Biocartis, NV and BWI (Shanghai) Co., Ltd..

Bobst's three-year grant acceleration

Bobst Bielefeld GMBH shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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 Bobst's volume?

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

patents

What this shows Bobst holds 23 patents at rank #12,834, 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 Bobst

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,834 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses)

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

Bobst'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

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

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bobst Bielefeld GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 1 4.3%
2018 1 4.3%
2020 1 4.3%
2021 2 8.7%
2022 3 13.0%
2023 5 21.7%
2024 9 39.1%
2025partial year 1 4.3%

Which technologies does Bobst Bielefeld GMBH patent most?

Top 8 of 8 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

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

  • Bobst Bielefeld GMBH's lead technology class is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses), 95.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41F
  • Ranked #12,846 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Bobst Bielefeld GMBH against Biocartis, NV, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 49.6/100 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.