Brooks Automation GmbH
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 183 granted patents across 47 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Brooks ranks #2,150 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 183 patents across 47 technology areas.
- #2,150
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 7%
- by Innovation Score (55.4/100)
- 21.0
- avg claims per patent
- -51%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2150 · Foreign Corporation #2,150 · 183 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MID 183 grants
- TOP-DECILE #2,150/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Avalanche Technology
- CPC-WIDE H01L · 47 areas
- INNOV-PAR 55.4/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-DROP -51% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Avalanche Technology, 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 55.4 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
- The Lubrizol · near
The Lubrizol · near
55 score
- Brooks Automation · this assignee
Brooks Automation · this assignee
55 score
- Commvault Systems · near
Commvault Systems · near
55 score
- Iscar · near
Iscar · near
55 score
- National Chiao Tung… · near
National Chiao Tung… · near
55 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Brooks's Innovation Score is 55.4/100 (top 7% 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 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 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 GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 66.1% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (30 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Brooks sits between Pioneer Square Brands, Inc. and Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc..
Brooks's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Brooks Automation GmbH moved from 80 to 6 grants (0.07x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,203. See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Brooks's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Pioneer Square Br…
Pioneer Square Brands, Inc.
184 patents
- SCA Hygiene Produ…
SCA Hygiene Products AB
184 patents
- Solaero
Solaero Technologies Corp.
184 patents
- Avalanche Technol…
Avalanche Technology, Inc.
183 patents
- Carl Zeiss Indust…
Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
183 patents
- DR Johannes Heide…
DR. Johannes Heidenhain GMBH
183 patents
- Danmarks Tekniske…
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
183 patents
- Electro-motive Di…
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
183 patents
- Brooks Automation ◀
Brooks Automation GmbH
183 patents
What this shows Brooks holds 183 patents at rank #2,150, 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 #2,150 in granted patent volume.
- Pioneer Square Brands, Inc. #2,146 · 184 patents
- SCA Hygiene Products AB #2,147 · 184 patents
- Solaero Technologies Corp. #2,148 · 184 patents
- Avalanche Technology, Inc. #2,149 · 183 patents
- Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH #2,151 · 183 patents
- DR. Johannes Heidenhain GMBH #2,152 · 183 patents
- Danmarks Tekniske Universitet #2,153 · 183 patents
- Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. #2,154 · 183 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 #150 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.0 here).
Brooks's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 | 21 | 11.5% |
| 2016 | 20 | 10.9% |
| 2017 | 26 | 14.2% |
| 2018 | 30 | 16.4% |
| 2019 | 26 | 14.2% |
| 2020 | 30 | 16.4% |
| 2021 | 24 | 13.1% |
| 2022 | 5 | 2.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0.5% |
Which technologies does Brooks Automation GmbH patent most?
Top 15 of 47 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Brooks Automation GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Brooks Automation GmbH's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 66.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
- Ranked #2,150 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Brooks Automation GmbH against Pioneer Square Brands, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 55.4/100 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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