Where does Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH ranks #14,501 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 Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH hold?

Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH's Innovation Score?

Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH has an Innovation Score of 41.1 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH focus on?

Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH's top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 12 patents, ranking #149 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH's recent grant velocity is -88% 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 Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH's patents?

Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH's patents average 12.2 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 Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH 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

Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 22 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Boehringer ranks #14,501 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 22 technology areas.

#14,501
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.1/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: -88%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14501 · Foreign Corporation #14,501 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,501/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bastian Solutions
CPC-FOCUS B01L · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -88% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bastian Solutions, LLC (±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 Boehringer’s 41.1 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 10.5 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 16.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boehringer Ingelheim… · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Boehringer's Innovation Score is 41.1/100 (top 34% 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 Boehringer?

Each dot is one of Boehringer’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). Boehringer’s own 12.2 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Boehringer's grants concentrate

Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Boehringer sits between Biocrine AB and Bastian Solutions, LLC.

Boehringer's three-year grant acceleration

Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Biocrine AB

20
Biomed Packaging…

20
Biotage AB

20
Blizzard Entertai…

20
BP Children's Pro…

20
Brightedge

20
Bullis Bromeliads

20
Bastian Solutions

20
Boehringer Ingelh… ◀

20

What this shows Boehringer holds 20 patents at rank #14,490, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Boehringer

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,490 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)

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

Boehringer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	35.0%
2016	7	35.0%
2017	3	15.0%
2020	1	5.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2025partial year	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 12

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 6

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 4

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

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

B01D - Separation 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH's lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #14,501 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts GMBH against Biocrine AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.1/100 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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