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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG ranks #20,849 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 RCV GMBH & Co KG hold?

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

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

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG has an Innovation Score of 33.7 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG's recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG's patents?

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG's patents average 22.1 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 RCV 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 RCV GMBH & Co KG

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

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 13 patents, ranking #809 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Boehringer ranks #20,849 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#20,849
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.7/100): 22.1
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20849 · Foreign Corporation #20,849 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,849/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bizlink Industry…
CPC-NARROW C12N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bizlink Industry Germany GMBH (±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 33.7 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 9.1 pts (27%) Velocity 2.7 pts (8%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boehringer Ingelheim… · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Boehringer's Innovation Score is 33.7/100 (45th 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 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 22.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 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 RCV GMBH & Co KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Boehringer sits between Bizlink Industry Germany GMBH and BOT Home Automation, Inc..

Boehringer's three-year grant acceleration

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Bizlink Industry…

13
Black & Veatch

13
Blum-novotest

13
Boardtek

13
Bomgar

13
Bonsen

13
Boostnatics

13
BOT Home Automati…

13
Boehringer Ingelh… ◀

13

What this shows Boehringer holds 13 patents at rank #20,825, 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 #20,825 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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)

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.7%
2017	3	23.1%
2018	2	15.4%
2020	5	38.5%
2022	1	7.7%
2024	1	7.7%

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

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 13

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 8

C07K - Peptides 7

C12Y - Enzymes 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

B01D - Separation 3

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

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #20,849 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GMBH & Co KG against Bizlink Industry Germany GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.7/100 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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