Where does Bühler AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bühler AG ranks #4,233 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 Bühler AG hold?

Bühler AG holds 84 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 61 technology areas.

What is Bühler AG's Innovation Score?

Bühler AG has an Innovation Score of 57.2 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%).

What technology areas does Bühler AG focus on?

Bühler AG's top technology area is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain) with 22 patents, ranking #7 of 384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 61 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bühler AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bühler AG's recent grant velocity is +139% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bühler AG's patents?

Bühler AG's patents average 11.8 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 Bühler AG 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

Bühler AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 84 granted patents across 61 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: B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bühler ranks #4,233 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 84 patents across 61 technology areas.

#4,233
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.2/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: +139%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4233 · Foreign Corporation #4,233 · 84 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 84 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,233/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aspect Imaging
CPC-WIDE B02C · 61 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +139% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aspect Imaging 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 Bühler’s 57.2 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 15.3 pts (27%) Velocity 9.7 pts (17%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
H B Fuller · near

57
LNW Gaming · near

57
Bühler · this assignee

57
Inter Ikea Systems B V · near

57
Ypsomed · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bühler's Innovation Score is 57.2/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Bühler?

Each dot is one of Bühler’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). Bühler’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Bühler's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Bühler AG received 55 grants versus 23 in 2015–2019 (+139% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 20 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 4. Lead class B02C accounts for 26.2% of the portfolio across 61 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Utopus Insights, Inc. (#4,229) and Earlens Corporation (#4,237).

Bühler's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bühler AG moved from 24 to 35 grants (1.46x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Utopus Insights

85
Vatech Ewoo Holdi…

85
Aspect Imaging

84
Bausch & Lomb Inc…

84
Cybex

84
Datalogic USA

84
Delaware Capital…

84
Earlens

84
Bühler ◀

84

What this shows Bühler holds 84 patents at rank #4,233, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bühler

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,233 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B02C (Crushing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bühler, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B02C (Crushing), Bühler ranks #7 of 384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Ypsomed AG 57 Inter Ikea Systems B.V. 57 H.B. Fuller Company 57 LNW Gaming, Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.8 here).

Korea Electric Power Corporation 11.8 avg Thor Tech, Inc. 11.8 avg Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. 11.9 avg Umm-Al-Qura University 11.8 avg

Bühler'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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Bühler AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	7.1%
2016	4	4.8%
2017	4	4.8%
2018	5	6.0%
2019	4	4.8%
2020	6	7.1%
2021	14	16.7%
2022	7	8.3%
2023	8	9.5%
2024	20	23.8%
2025partial year	6	7.1%

Which technologies does Bühler AG patent most?

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 22

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 8

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 6

A23K - Fodder 5

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 4

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 4

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 4

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 4

A23J - Protein Compositions FOR FOODSTUFFS; Working-up Proteins FOR FOODSTUFFS; Phosphatide Compositions FOR Foodstuffs 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 3

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 3

Top 15 of 61 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

Bühler AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bühler AG's lead technology class is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain), 26.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B02C
Ranked #4,233 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bühler AG against Utopus Insights, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.2/100 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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