Where does Buhl-PaperForm GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Buhl-PaperForm GmbH ranks #45,381 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 Buhl-PaperForm GmbH hold?

Buhl-PaperForm GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Buhl-PaperForm GmbH's Innovation Score?

Buhl-PaperForm GmbH has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Buhl-PaperForm GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Buhl-PaperForm GmbH's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Buhl-PaperForm GmbH's patents?

Buhl-PaperForm GmbH's patents average 13.2 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 Buhl-PaperForm 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

Buhl-PaperForm GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Buhl-PaperForm GmbH focus on?

Buhl-PaperForm GmbH's top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 4 patents, ranking #942 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 1 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: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Buhl-paperform ranks #45,381 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 1 technology areas.

#45,381
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45381 · Foreign Corporation #45,381 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,381/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Buck Surgical
CPC-NARROW B65D · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Buck Surgical, 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 Buhl-paperform’s 37.6 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 6.2 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (53%) Breadth 3.5 pts (9%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Buhl-PaperForm · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Buhl-paperform's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 Buhl-paperform?

Each dot is one of Buhl-paperform’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). Buhl-paperform’s own 13.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Buhl-paperform's grants concentrate

Buhl-PaperForm GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Buhl-paperform sits between Buck Surgical, Inc. and Bulletproof Fitness Equipment Inc.

Buhl-paperform's three-year grant acceleration

Buhl-PaperForm GmbH shows 4 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.

Buck Surgical

5
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5
Buffalo Machinery

5
Bugmd

5
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5
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5
Builtrite

5
Bulletproof Fitne…

5
Buhl-paperform ◀

5

What this shows Buhl-PaperForm holds 5 patents at rank #45,395, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Buhl-PaperForm

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,395 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Buhl-PaperForm's primary technology class.

Buhl-paperform's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% 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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Buhl-PaperForm GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2022	2	40.0%
2023	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Buhl-PaperForm GmbH patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 4

Top 1 of 1 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

Buhl-PaperForm GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Buhl-PaperForm GmbH's lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #45,381 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Buhl-PaperForm GmbH against Buck Surgical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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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