Where does N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. ranks #49,238 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 N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. hold?

N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A.'s Innovation Score?

N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. has an Innovation Score of 23.7 out of 100 (13th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A.'s patents?

N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A.'s patents average 14.8 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 N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. 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

N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A.

Q: What technology areas does N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. focus on?

N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A.'s top technology area is C11B (Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes) with 5 patents, ranking #46 of 233 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: C11B (Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, N.v. ranks #49,238 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#49,238
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.7/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49238 · Foreign Corporation #49,238 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,238/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Müller Martini Holding
CPC-NARROW C11B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Müller Martini Holding AG (±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 N.v.’s 23.7 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 6.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Desmet Ballestra… · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows N.v.'s Innovation Score is 23.7/100 (13th 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 N.v.?

Each dot is one of N.v.’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). N.v.’s own 14.8 claims/patent is at or below the 19.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where N.v.'s grants concentrate

N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C11B (Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, N.v. sits between Myomo, Inc. and Namesforlife, LLC.

Myomo

5
Myriad Medical

5
Müller Martini Ho…

5
N B Adventures

5
NAD Grid

5
Nagasaki Universi…

5
Naidu

5
Namesforlife

5
Desmet Ballestra… ◀

5

What this shows N.V. holds 5 patents at rank #48,931, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NV

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,931 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C11B (Producing)

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

N.v.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	60.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. patent most?

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 5

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 2

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 2

B01D - Separation 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

B02B - Preparing Grain FOR MILLING; Refining Granular Fruit TO Commercial Products BY Working THE Surface 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

N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A.'s lead technology class is C11B (Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C11B
Ranked #49,238 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare N.V. Desmet Ballestra Engineering S.A. against Myomo, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.7/100 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

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