Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2024. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Bruker ranks #45,364 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.
- #45,364
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 27%
- by Innovation Score (43.7/100)
- 16.0
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R45364 · Foreign Corporation #45,364 · 5 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
- BOTTOM-DECILE #45,364/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Brno University OF…
- CPC-NARROW G01N · 5 areas
- INNOV-PAR 43.7/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- SPAN-YRS 2022–2024 · 3y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Brno University OF Technology (±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 43.7 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 Bruker
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Bruker Optics & KG · this assignee
Bruker Optics & KG · this assignee
44 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Bruker's Innovation Score is 43.7/100 (top 27% 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 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Bruker's grants concentrate
Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Bruker sits between Brno University OF Technology and Buckeye Brine, LLC.
Bruker's three-year grant acceleration
Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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 Bruker's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Brno University O…
Brno University OF Technology
5 patents
- Brown Industries
Brown Industries, LLC
5 patents
- BRP Marine US
BRP Marine US Inc.
5 patents
- Brueggli
Brueggli
5 patents
- BSE
BSE Co., Ltd.
5 patents
- Btech
Btech Inc.
5 patents
- Buck Knives
Buck Knives, Inc.
5 patents
- Buckeye Brine
Buckeye Brine, LLC
5 patents
- Bruker Optics & KG ◀
Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG
5 patents
What this shows Bruker holds 5 patents at rank #45,199, 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 #45,199 in granted patent volume.
- Brno University OF Technology #45,195 · 5 patents
- Brown Industries, LLC #45,196 · 5 patents
- BRP Marine US Inc. #45,197 · 5 patents
- Brueggli #45,198 · 5 patents
- BSE Co., Ltd. #45,200 · 5 patents
- Btech Inc. #45,201 · 5 patents
- Buck Knives, Inc. #45,202 · 5 patents
- Buckeye Brine, LLC #45,203 · 5 patents
Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Bruker's primary technology class.
- The Regents of the University of California 1,153 in class
- Shimadzu Corporation 1,111 in class
- Saudi Arabian OIL Company 837 in class
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 816 in class
- The Boeing Company 701 in class
- General Electric Company 634 in class
- Kla-tencor Corporation 583 in class
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 530 in class
Bruker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
44 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 40.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | 40.0% |
Which technologies does Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG patent most?
Top 5 of 5 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
- Ranked #45,364 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG against Brno University OF Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 43.7/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.