Where does Boehringer Laboratories LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boehringer Laboratories LLC ranks #28,274 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 Laboratories LLC hold?

Boehringer Laboratories LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Boehringer Laboratories LLC's Innovation Score?

Boehringer Laboratories LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th percentile 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 Laboratories LLC focus on?

Boehringer Laboratories LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 9 patents, ranking #1,889 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Boehringer Laboratories LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Boehringer Laboratories LLC's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Laboratories LLC's patents?

Boehringer Laboratories LLC's patents average 19.6 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 Boehringer Laboratories LLC 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 US Corporation

Boehringer Laboratories LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Boehringer ranks #28,274 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 4 technology areas.

#28,274
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28274 · US Corporation #28,274 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,274/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Blockwise Engineering
CPC-NARROW A61B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Blockwise Engineering 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 31.2 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 8.0 pts (26%) Velocity 4.4 pts (14%) Breadth 7.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (38%)

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What this shows Boehringer's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th 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 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 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 Laboratories LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Boehringer sits between Blockwise Engineering LLC and BorgWarner Esslingen GmbH.

Boehringer's three-year grant acceleration

Boehringer Laboratories LLC shows 2 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.

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What this shows Boehringer holds 9 patents at rank #28,293, 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 #28,293 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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)

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Boehringer Laboratories LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	11.1%
2018	3	33.3%
2020	2	22.2%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Boehringer Laboratories LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

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

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 6

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 4

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Boehringer Laboratories LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boehringer Laboratories LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #28,274 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boehringer Laboratories LLC against Blockwise Engineering LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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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