Where does Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG ranks #24,011 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 Pharma GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 36.1 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -90% 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 Pharma GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 17.1 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 Pharma GMBH & Co. KG 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 Pharma GMBH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is 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) with 5 patents, ranking #1,311 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Boehringer ranks #24,011 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#24,011
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.1/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24011 · Foreign Corporation #24,011 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,011/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Blue Tomato
CPC-NARROW A61M · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Blue Tomato, 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 36.1 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 8.6 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 10.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Boehringer Ingelheim… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Boehringer's Innovation Score is 36.1/100 (top 47% 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 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Boehringer's grants concentrate

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Boehringer sits between Blue Tomato, LLC and Bormioli Pharma S.P.A..

Boehringer's three-year grant acceleration

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Blue Tomato

11
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11
BNL Eurolens

11
Bobst Firenze S R…

11
Boewe Systec

11
Boolabox

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Boreskov Institut…

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What this shows Boehringer holds 11 patents at rank #23,974, 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 #23,974 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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)

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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 Pharma GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	54.5%
2016	2	18.2%
2017	1	9.1%
2018	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

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 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

C07K - Peptides 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

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 1

Top 9 of 9 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 Pharma GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is 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), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #24,011 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GMBH & Co. KG against Blue Tomato, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.1/100 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

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.