Where does Byk-chemie GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Byk-chemie GMBH ranks #4,323 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 Byk-chemie GMBH hold?

Byk-chemie GMBH holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is Byk-chemie GMBH's Innovation Score?

Byk-chemie GMBH has an Innovation Score of 57.3 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Byk-chemie GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Byk-chemie GMBH's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 Byk-chemie GMBH's patents?

Byk-chemie GMBH's patents average 16.3 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 Byk-chemie 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

Byk-chemie GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Byk-chemie GMBH focus on?

Byk-chemie GMBH's top technology area is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor) with 49 patents. Grants appear in 39 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 39 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: C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Byk-chemie ranks #4,323 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 39 technology areas.

#4,323
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.3/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4323 · Foreign Corporation #4,323 · 82 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,323/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Airoha Technology
CPC-FOCUS C09D · 39 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Airoha Technology Corp. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kabo Tool · near

57
Open Invention… · near

57
Byk-chemie · this assignee

57
MicroVention · near

57
Wayne Fueling Systems · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Byk-chemie's Innovation Score is 57.3/100 (top 5% 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.

Where Byk-chemie's grants concentrate

Byk-chemie GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 39 CPC subclasses with 59.8% of grants classified under C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Byk-chemie sits between Airoha Technology Corp. and Driv Automotive Inc..

Byk-chemie's three-year grant acceleration

Byk-chemie GMBH shows 26 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Airoha Technology

82
Andersen

82
Antares Pharma

82
Balluff

82
Bedgear

82
CBS Interactive

82
Citizen Machinery

82
Driv Automotive

82
Byk-chemie ◀

82

What this shows Byk-chemie holds 82 patents at rank #4,321, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Byk-chemie

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,321 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09D (Coating Compositions)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Byk-chemie's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Byk-chemie, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

MicroVention, Inc. 57 Kabo Tool Company 57 Open Invention Network LLC NC 57 Wayne Fueling Systems LLC 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

Coatex 16.3 avg Textron Innovations Inc. 16.3 avg Globus Medical, Inc. 16.3 avg Quanta Associates, L.P. 16.3 avg

Byk-chemie's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Byk-chemie GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	12.2%
2016	9	11.0%
2017	12	14.6%
2018	3	3.7%
2019	7	8.5%
2020	6	7.3%
2021	4	4.9%
2022	11	13.4%
2023	6	7.3%
2024	9	11.0%
2025partial year	5	6.1%

Which technologies does Byk-chemie GMBH patent most?

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 49

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 47

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 35

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 23

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 18

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 16

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 9

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 8

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 6

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 5

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 4

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

Top 15 of 39 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,323

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Byk-chemie GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Byk-chemie GMBH's lead technology class is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi), 59.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09D
Ranked #4,323 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Byk-chemie GMBH against Airoha Technology Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.3/100 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.

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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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