Where does Bruker Nano, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bruker Nano, Inc. ranks #2,857 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 Nano, Inc. hold?

Bruker Nano, Inc. holds 134 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Bruker Nano, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bruker Nano, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.5 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bruker Nano, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bruker Nano, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -9% 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 Nano, Inc.'s patents?

Bruker Nano, Inc.'s patents average 16.8 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 Nano, Inc. 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

Bruker Nano, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Bruker Nano, Inc. focus on?

Bruker Nano, Inc.'s top technology area is G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]) with 74 patents, ranking #1 of 81 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 134 granted patents across 38 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: G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bruker ranks #2,857 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 134 patents across 38 technology areas.

#2,857
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.5/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2857 · US Corporation #2,857 · 134 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 134 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,857/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hendrickson USA L L C
CPC-FOCUS G01Q · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. (±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 58.5 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 16.9 pts (29%) Velocity 9.7 pts (17%) Breadth 21.8 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bruker Nano · this assignee

59
Clemson University · near

59
MTU Aero Engines · near

59
Nutanix · near

59
Zeon · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bruker's Innovation Score is 58.5/100 (top 4% 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 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bruker's grants concentrate

Bruker Nano, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 55.2% of grants classified under G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (20 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2020. By volume, Bruker sits between Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. and Ingenico Inc..

Bruker's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bruker Nano, Inc. moved from 31 to 45 grants (1.45x 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 #486. See the growth leaderboard.

Second Sight Medi…

135
Tamura

135
Toagosei

135
Warner Bros Enter…

135
Hendrickson USA L…

134
Imam Mohammad IBN…

134
Immunomedics

134
Ingenico

134
Bruker Nano ◀

134

What this shows Bruker holds 134 patents at rank #2,857, 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 #2,857 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bruker, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR Apparatus), Bruker ranks #1 of 81 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Clemson University 59 MTU Aero Engines AG 59 Nutanix, Inc. 59 Zeon Corporation 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.8 here).

IPG Photonics Corporation 16.8 avg Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC 16.8 avg Cambridge Display Technology Limited 16.8 avg InnoGrit Technologies Co., Ltd. 16.8 avg

Bruker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Bruker Nano, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	10.4%
2016	15	11.2%
2017	14	10.4%
2018	11	8.2%
2019	14	10.4%
2020	6	4.5%
2021	11	8.2%
2022	16	11.9%
2023	20	14.9%
2024	9	6.7%
2025partial year	4	3.0%

Which technologies does Bruker Nano, Inc. patent most?

G01Q - Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] 74

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 56

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 31

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 14

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 14

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 12

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 10

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 8

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 7

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 7

Top 15 of 38 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 Nano, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bruker Nano, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]), 55.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01Q
Ranked #2,857 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bruker Nano, Inc. against Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.5/100 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

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