Brooks Automation (Germany), GMBH
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 18 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Brooks ranks #9,985 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 18 technology areas.
- #9,985
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 34%
- by Innovation Score (41.1/100)
- 17.1
- avg claims per patent
- +100%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R9985 · Foreign Corporation #9,985 · 31 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
- UPPER-Q #9,985/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Banpil Photonics
- CPC-FOCUS H01L · 18 areas
- INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-SURGE +100% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Banpil Photonics, 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 Brooks’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.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Brooks
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Ajax Systems Cyprus… · near
Ajax Systems Cyprus… · near
41 score
- Brooks Automation… · this assignee
Brooks Automation… · this assignee
41 score
- Dynavax · near
Dynavax · near
41 score
- Energesis Pharmaceut… · near
Energesis Pharmaceut… · near
41 score
- Gaps Technology · near
Gaps Technology · near
41 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Brooks'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 Brooks?
Each dot is one of Brooks’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). Brooks’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Brooks's grants concentrate
Brooks Automation (Germany), GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 87.1% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Brooks sits between Banpil Photonics, Inc. and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire DE Toulouse.
Brooks's three-year grant acceleration
Brooks Automation (Germany), GMBH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.
Who files at Brooks's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Banpil Photonics
Banpil Photonics, Inc.
31 patents
- Beijing Jingdong…
Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co., Ltd.
31 patents
- Bisn Tec
BiSN Tec Ltd.
31 patents
- Blueair AB
Blueair AB
31 patents
- Brose Fahrzeugtei…
Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt
31 patents
- Capacitor Science…
Capacitor Sciences Incorporated
31 patents
- Cellular Research
Cellular Research, Inc.
31 patents
- Centre Hospitalie…
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire DE Toulouse
31 patents
- Brooks Automation… ◀
Brooks Automation (Germany), GMBH
31 patents
What this shows Brooks holds 31 patents at rank #9,987, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Brooks
By rank, the assignees closest to #9,987 in granted patent volume.
- Banpil Photonics, Inc. #9,983 · 31 patents
- Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co., Ltd. #9,984 · 31 patents
- BiSN Tec Ltd. #9,985 · 31 patents
- Blueair AB #9,986 · 31 patents
- Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt #9,988 · 31 patents
- Capacitor Sciences Incorporated #9,989 · 31 patents
- Cellular Research, Inc. #9,990 · 31 patents
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire DE Toulouse #9,991 · 31 patents
Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Brooks's primary technology class.
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 19,657 in class
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 10,662 in class
- International Business Machines Corporation 7,298 in class
- Applied Materials, Inc. 4,095 in class
- Intel Corporation 4,089 in class
- Tokyo Electron Limited 3,737 in class
- Micron Technology, Inc. 3,107 in class
- GlobalFoundries Inc. 2,756 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Brooks, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), Brooks ranks #479 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).
Brooks'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
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 7 | 22.6% |
| 2019 | 2 | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 5 | 16.1% |
| 2021 | 7 | 22.6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 6.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 6.5% |
| 2024 | 4 | 12.9% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 3.2% |
Which technologies does Brooks Automation (Germany), GMBH patent most?
Top 15 of 18 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Brooks Automation (Germany), GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Brooks Automation (Germany), GMBH's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 87.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
- Ranked #9,985 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Brooks Automation (Germany), GMBH against Banpil Photonics, Inc., 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.
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