Where does BYK-Gardner GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BYK-Gardner GmbH ranks #16,659 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-Gardner GmbH hold?

BYK-Gardner GmbH holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is BYK-Gardner GmbH's Innovation Score?

BYK-Gardner GmbH has an Innovation Score of 30.7 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BYK-Gardner GmbH focus on?

BYK-Gardner GmbH's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 7 patents, ranking #2,018 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is BYK-Gardner GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BYK-Gardner GmbH's recent grant velocity is -60% 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-Gardner GmbH's patents?

BYK-Gardner GmbH's patents average 10.6 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-Gardner 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-Gardner GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 7 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Byk-gardner ranks #16,659 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 7 technology areas.

#16,659
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.7/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16659 · Foreign Corporation #16,659 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,659/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing Rockrobo…
CPC-NARROW G01N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing Rockrobo Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Byk-gardner’s 30.7 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.0 pts (32%) Velocity 5.0 pts (16%) Breadth 9.4 pts (31%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BYK-Gardner · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Byk-gardner's Innovation Score is 30.7/100 (35th percentile 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 Byk-gardner?

Each dot is one of Byk-gardner’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). Byk-gardner’s own 10.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Byk-gardner's grants concentrate

BYK-Gardner GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 41.2% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Byk-gardner sits between BTG International Inc. and BioLineRx Ltd..

Byk-gardner's three-year grant acceleration

BYK-Gardner GmbH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

BTG International

17
BTR NEW Material…

17
Bucherer

17
Buss

17
Beijing Rockrobo…

17
Benshot

17
Beyondspring Pham…

17
Biolinerx

17
Byk-gardner ◀

17

What this shows BYK-Gardner holds 17 patents at rank #16,643, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BYK-Gardner

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,643 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in BYK-Gardner's primary technology class.

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

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% 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-Gardner GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	4	23.5%
2017	2	11.8%
2019	3	17.6%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	3	17.6%
2025partial year	3	17.6%

Which technologies does BYK-Gardner GmbH patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 1

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 7 of 7 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

BYK-Gardner GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BYK-Gardner GmbH's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 41.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #16,659 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BYK-Gardner GmbH against BTG International Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.7/100 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.

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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