Where does Buehler AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Buehler AG ranks #25,930 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 Buehler AG hold?

Buehler AG holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Buehler AG's Innovation Score?

Buehler AG has an Innovation Score of 41.0 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Buehler AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Buehler AG's recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Buehler AG's patents?

Buehler AG's patents average 21.3 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 Buehler AG 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

Buehler AG

Q: What technology areas does Buehler AG focus on?

Buehler AG's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 3 patents, ranking #615 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Buehler ranks #25,930 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 22 technology areas.

#25,930
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.0/100): 21.3
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25930 · Foreign Corporation #25,930 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,930/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Breakthrough
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Breakthrough Technologies, LLC (±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 Buehler’s 41.0 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 8.3 pts (20%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 16.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Buehler · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Buehler's Innovation Score is 41.0/100 (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 Buehler?

Each dot is one of Buehler’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). Buehler’s own 21.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Buehler's grants concentrate

Buehler AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 30% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Buehler sits between Breakthrough Technologies, LLC and Business Partners Limited.

Buehler's three-year grant acceleration

Buehler AG shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Breakthrough

10
Brivo Systems

10
Brochman Innovati…

10
Bryce Fastener

10
Buhler

10
Buhler Sortex

10
Bundesrepublik De…

10
Business Partners

10
Buehler ◀

10

What this shows Buehler holds 10 patents at rank #25,932, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Buehler

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,932 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Buehler'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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Buehler AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	3	30.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Buehler AG patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 2

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

C12C - BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 1

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Buehler AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Buehler AG's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #25,930 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Buehler AG against Breakthrough Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.0/100 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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