Where does Broetje-Automation GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Broetje-Automation GmbH ranks #7,674 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 Broetje-Automation GmbH hold?

Broetje-Automation GmbH holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Broetje-Automation GmbH's Innovation Score?

Broetje-Automation GmbH has an Innovation Score of 49.8 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Broetje-Automation GmbH focus on?

Broetje-Automation GmbH's top technology area is B21J (FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces) with 17 patents, ranking #6 of 198 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is Broetje-Automation GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Broetje-Automation GmbH's recent grant velocity is +357% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Broetje-Automation GmbH's patents?

Broetje-Automation GmbH's patents average 18.6 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 Broetje-Automation 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

Broetje-Automation GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 31 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: B21J (FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Broetje-automation ranks #7,674 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 31 technology areas.

#7,674
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.8/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +357%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7674 · Foreign Corporation #7,674 · 42 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,674/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bend Reserch
CPC-FOCUS B21J · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +357% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bend Reserch, Inc. (±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 Broetje-automation’s 49.8 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 13.0 pts (26%) Velocity 5.9 pts (12%) Breadth 19.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Broetje-Automation · this assignee

50
Ideal Industries · near

50
Industry-Academic… · near

50
Mayekawa MFG · near

50
Shenzhen Institutes… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Broetje-automation's Innovation Score is 49.8/100 (top 14% 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 Broetje-automation?

Each dot is one of Broetje-automation’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). Broetje-automation’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Broetje-automation's grants concentrate

Broetje-Automation GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 40.5% of grants classified under B21J (FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Broetje-automation sits between Bend Reserch, Inc. and Cynora GmbH.

Broetje-automation's three-year grant acceleration

Broetje-Automation GmbH shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Bend Reserch

42
Bestechnic (Shang…

42
Blount

42
Blue Belt

42
Chongqing Jinkang…

42
Choon's Design

42
Cutsforth

42
Cynora

42
Broetje-automation ◀

42

What this shows Broetje-Automation holds 42 patents at rank #7,674, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Broetje-Automation

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,674 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21J (Forging)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Broetje-Automation's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Broetje-Automation, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B21J (Forging), Broetje-Automation ranks #6 of 198 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Dankook University 50 Shenzhen Institutes OF Advanced Technology Chinese Academy OF Sciences 50 Mayekawa MFG. Co., Ltd. 50 Ideal Industries, Inc. 50

Broetje-automation's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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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Broetje-Automation GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.4%
2016	1	2.4%
2017	3	7.1%
2019	2	4.8%
2020	4	9.5%
2021	12	28.6%
2022	5	11.9%
2023	6	14.3%
2024	5	11.9%
2025partial year	3	7.1%

Which technologies does Broetje-Automation GmbH patent most?

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 17

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 13

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 12

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 10

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 7

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 5

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 4

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 4

B23B - TURNING; Boring 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

F16N - Lubricating 2

Top 15 of 31 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

Broetje-Automation GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Broetje-Automation GmbH's lead technology class is B21J (FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces), 40.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21J
Ranked #7,674 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Broetje-Automation GmbH against Bend Reserch, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.8/100 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.

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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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