Where does Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH ranks #15,872 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 Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH hold?

Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH's Innovation Score?

Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH has an Innovation Score of 30.4 out of 100 (34th 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 Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH focus on?

Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH's top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 17 patents, ranking #331 of 3,424 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH's recent grant velocity is -50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH's patents?

Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH's patents average 14.2 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 Bruker Biospin MRI 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

Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 8 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bruker ranks #15,872 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 8 technology areas.

#15,872
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.4/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15872 · Foreign Corporation #15,872 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,872/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Backbone Labs
CPC-NARROW G01R · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Backbone Labs, 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 Bruker’s 30.4 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.2 pts (34%) Velocity 1.7 pts (6%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bruker Biospin MRI · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bruker's Innovation Score is 30.4/100 (34th 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 Bruker?

Each dot is one of Bruker’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). Bruker’s own 14.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bruker's grants concentrate

Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 94.4% of grants classified under G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Bruker sits between Biontech RNA Pharmaceuticals GMBH and Barel IP, Inc..

Bruker's three-year grant acceleration

Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Biontech RNA Phar…

18
Bitsensing

18
Blue SKY

18
Brown & Watson In…

18
Bunker Hill

18
BWR Innovations

18
Backbone Labs

18
Barel IP

18
Bruker Biospin MRI ◀

18

What this shows Bruker holds 18 patents at rank #15,855, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bruker

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,855 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Bruker's primary technology class.

Bruker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% 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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Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	11.1%
2018	6	33.3%
2019	4	22.2%
2020	2	11.1%
2021	2	11.1%
2022	1	5.6%
2024	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 17

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH's lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 94.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #15,872 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH against Biontech RNA Pharmaceuticals GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.4/100 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.

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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