Where does Bobst Grenchen AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bobst Grenchen AG ranks #25,903 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 Bobst Grenchen AG hold?

Bobst Grenchen AG holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Bobst Grenchen AG's Innovation Score?

Bobst Grenchen AG has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bobst Grenchen AG focus on?

Bobst Grenchen AG's top technology area is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables) with 6 patents, ranking #200 of 1,019 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bobst Grenchen AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bobst Grenchen AG's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bobst Grenchen AG's patents?

Bobst Grenchen AG's patents average 14.5 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 Bobst Grenchen AG 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

Bobst Grenchen AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bobst ranks #25,903 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#25,903
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25903 · Foreign Corporation #25,903 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,903/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Blackthorn Therapeut…
CPC-NARROW B65H · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Blackthorn Therapeutics, Inc. (±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 32.3 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 8.3 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bobst Grenchen · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bobst's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st percentile 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 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 14.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bobst's grants concentrate

Bobst Grenchen AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Bobst sits between Blackthorn Therapeutics, Inc. and Borries PTE. Ltd..

Bobst's three-year grant acceleration

Bobst Grenchen AG shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

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What this shows Bobst holds 10 patents at rank #25,867, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bobst

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,867 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material)

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)

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

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 Grenchen AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	4	40.0%

Which technologies does Bobst Grenchen AG patent most?

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 6

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

B31F - Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 3

D21G - CALENDERS; Accessories FOR Paper-making Machines 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

F16P - Safety Devices IN GENERAL; ; Safety Devices FOR Presses 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Bobst Grenchen AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bobst Grenchen AG's lead technology class is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65H
Ranked #25,903 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bobst Grenchen AG against Blackthorn Therapeutics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.3/100 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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