Where does Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH ranks #39,278 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 Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH hold?

Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH's Innovation Score?

Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH has an Innovation Score of 27.4 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH's patents?

Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH's patents average 20.0 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 Bystronic Lenhardt 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

Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH focus on?

Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH's top technology area is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates) with 5 patents, ranking #167 of 637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bystronic ranks #39,278 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#39,278
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.4/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39278 · Foreign Corporation #39,278 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,278/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bümach Engineering…
CPC-NARROW E06B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bümach Engineering International B.V. (±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 Bystronic’s 27.4 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 6.7 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bystronic Lenhardt · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bystronic's Innovation Score is 27.4/100 (24th 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 Bystronic?

Each dot is one of Bystronic’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). Bystronic’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bystronic's grants concentrate

Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Bystronic sits between Bunting Magnetics Co. and C Laser, Inc..

Bunting Magnetics

6
Burrell Mining Pr…

6
Butech Bliss

6
Butler's Brand

6
BÜRkert Contromat…

6
Bümach Engineerin…

6
C & J Clark Inter…

6
C Laser

6
Bystronic Lenhardt ◀

6

What this shows Bystronic holds 6 patents at rank #39,278, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bystronic

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,278 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings)

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

Bystronic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2016	2	33.3%
2017	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH patent most?

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 1

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH's lead technology class is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E06B
Ranked #39,278 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bystronic Lenhardt GmbH against Bunting Magnetics Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.4/100 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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