Where does Bobst Lyon rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bobst Lyon ranks #15,159 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 Lyon hold?

Bobst Lyon holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Bobst Lyon's Innovation Score?

Bobst Lyon has an Innovation Score of 55.3 out of 100 (top 7% 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 Lyon focus on?

Bobst Lyon's top technology area is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses) with 9 patents, ranking #33 of 286 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bobst Lyon's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bobst Lyon's recent grant velocity is +200% 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 Lyon's patents?

Bobst Lyon's patents average 14.6 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 Lyon 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 Lyon

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 21 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bobst ranks #15,159 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 21 technology areas.

#15,159
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.3/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15159 · Foreign Corporation #15,159 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,159/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beaverfit
CPC-FOCUS B41F · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beaverfit Limited (±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 55.3 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 10.3 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 16.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bobst Lyon · this assignee

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bobst's Innovation Score is 55.3/100 (top 7% 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 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 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 Lyon is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 47.4% of grants classified under B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Bobst sits between Bellevue Investments GMBH & Co. Kgaa and Beijing Smarter Eye Technology Co. Ltd.

Bobst's three-year grant acceleration

Bobst Lyon shows 10 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.

Bellevue Investme…

19
Bionlifescience

19
Biotronik VI Pate…

19
Bluerisc

19
Boge Elastmetall

19
Bwxt Nuclear Oper…

19
Beaverfit

19
Beijing Smarter E…

19
Bobst Lyon ◀

19

What this shows Bobst holds 19 patents at rank #15,141, 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 #15,141 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)

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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 Lyon patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.3%
2018	2	10.5%
2019	1	5.3%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	3	15.8%
2023	1	5.3%
2024	6	31.6%
2025partial year	3	15.8%

Which technologies does Bobst Lyon patent most?

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 9

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 7

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 3

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

D21G - CALENDERS; Accessories FOR Paper-making Machines 1

B41N - Printing Plates OR Foils ; Materials FOR Surfaces Used IN Printing Machines FOR Printing, Inking, Damping, OR THE LIKE; Preparing Such Surfaces FOR USE AND Conserving Them 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 1

Top 15 of 21 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 Lyon's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bobst Lyon's lead technology class is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses), 47.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41F
Ranked #15,159 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bobst Lyon against Bellevue Investments GMBH & Co. Kgaa, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.3/100 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

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.