Where does Bobst MEX SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bobst MEX SA ranks #2,755 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 MEX SA hold?

Bobst MEX SA holds 140 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is Bobst MEX SA's Innovation Score?

Bobst MEX SA has an Innovation Score of 51.7 out of 100 (top 11% 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 MEX SA focus on?

Bobst MEX SA's top technology area is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables) with 62 patents. Grants appear in 39 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bobst MEX SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bobst MEX SA's recent grant velocity is +64% 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 MEX SA's patents?

Bobst MEX SA's patents average 11.9 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 MEX SA 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 MEX SA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 140 granted patents across 39 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: B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bobst ranks #2,755 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 140 patents across 39 technology areas.

#2,755
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent: +64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2755 · Foreign Corporation #2,755 · 140 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 140 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,755/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ambu A/S
CPC-FOCUS B65H · 39 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ambu A/S (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aleddra · near

52
Berkeley Lights · near

52
Bobst MEX · this assignee

52
IPS Group · near

52
The John Hopkins… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bobst's Innovation Score is 51.7/100 (top 11% 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.

Where Bobst's grants concentrate

Bobst MEX SA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 39 CPC subclasses with 44.3% of grants classified under B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (26 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2017. By volume, Bobst sits between TomTom International B.V. and Elta Systems Ltd..

Bobst's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bobst MEX SA moved from 51 to 41 grants (0.80x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,833. See the growth leaderboard.

Tomtom Internatio…

141
Ambu A/S

140
Amicus Therapeuti…

140
Assa Abloy Entran…

140
Bentley Systems I…

140
Chunghwa Picture…

140
Electricite DE Fr…

140
Elta Systems

140
Bobst MEX ◀

140

What this shows Bobst holds 140 patents at rank #2,754, 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 #2,754 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.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bobst, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

IPS Group Inc. 52 Aleddra Inc. 52 Berkeley Lights, Inc. 52 The John Hopkins University 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.9 here).

Korea Research Institute OF Standards AND Science 11.9 avg BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH 11.9 avg Mead Johnson Nutrition Company 11.9 avg LS Electric Co., Ltd. 11.9 avg

Bobst's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Bobst MEX SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	7.1%
2016	8	5.7%
2017	7	5.0%
2018	15	10.7%
2019	10	7.1%
2020	15	10.7%
2021	26	18.6%
2022	16	11.4%
2023	12	8.6%
2024	13	9.3%
2025partial year	8	5.7%

Which technologies does Bobst MEX SA patent most?

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 62

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 26

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 23

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 21

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 18

B31F - Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 15

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 13

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 11

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

B41K - STAMPS; Stamping OR Numbering Apparatus OR Devices 4

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 4

B30B - Presses IN General 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

Top 15 of 39 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,755

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Bobst MEX SA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bobst MEX SA's lead technology class is B65H (Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables), 44.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65H
Ranked #2,755 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bobst MEX SA against TomTom International B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.7/100 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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