Overall rank by patents
#16,659
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Byk-gardner ranks #16,659 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 7 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Byk-gardner · this assignee
31 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Byk-gardner Gmbh stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #16,659 of 50,000; Innovation Score 30.7/100 sits in the top 65% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Beijing Rockrobo Technology Co., Ltd. (±0 grants).
Byk-gardner Gmbh has been granted 17 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Byk-gardner Gmbh at #16,659 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 7 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES). As a Foreign Corporation, Byk-gardner Gmbh is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Byk-gardner sits between BTG International Inc. (17 patents, rank #16,639) and Biolinerx Ltd. (17 patents, rank #16,647) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 30.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 4 grants, compared with 10 in the 2015–2019 window, a -60% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Byk-gardner Gmbh's 10.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 7 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
BTG INTERNATIONAL INC.
17 patents
BTR NEW MATERIAL GROUP CO., LTD.
17 patents
BUCHERER AG
17 patents
BUSS AG
17 patents
Beijing Rockrobo Technology Co., Ltd.
17 patents
BenShot, LLC
17 patents
BeyondSpring Phamaceuticals, Inc.
17 patents
BioLineRx Ltd.
17 patents
BYK-Gardner GmbH
17 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #16,643 in granted patent volume.
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 Top 65% higher than 35% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#16,659
of 50,000 tracked assignees
30.7 out of 100
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