Where does Societe BIC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Societe BIC ranks #2,350 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 Societe BIC hold?

Societe BIC holds 167 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is Societe BIC's Innovation Score?

Societe BIC has an Innovation Score of 50.6 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Societe BIC focus on?

Societe BIC's top technology area is B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing) with 43 patents, ranking #3 of 82 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

Is Societe BIC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Societe BIC's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 Societe BIC's patents?

Societe BIC's patents average 9.0 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 Societe BIC 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

Societe BIC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 167 granted patents across 47 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: B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Societe ranks #2,350 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 167 patents across 47 technology areas.

#2,350
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.6/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2350 · Foreign Corporation #2,350 · 167 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 167 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,350/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH J C Bamford Excavators
CPC-WIDE B43K · 47 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited (±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 Societe’s 50.6 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 17.7 pts (35%) Velocity 3.2 pts (6%) Breadth 24.2 pts (48%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ENDRESS+HAUSER +KG · near

51
King Slide Technology · near

51
Momenta Pharmaceutic… · near

51
Niigata University · near

51
Societe BIC · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Societe's Innovation Score is 50.6/100 (top 13% 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 Societe?

Each dot is one of Societe’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). Societe’s own 9.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Societe's grants concentrate

Societe BIC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 25.7% of grants classified under B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (28 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2016. By volume, Societe sits between J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited and The University of Miami.

Societe's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Societe BIC moved from 64 to 31 grants (0.48x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,732. See the growth leaderboard.

J C Bamford Excav…

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167
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167
Societe BIC ◀

167

What this shows Societe holds 167 patents at rank #2,350, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Societe

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,350 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Societe, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing), Societe ranks #3 of 82 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

ENDRESS+HAUSER GMBH+CO.KG 51 King Slide Technology Co., Ltd. 51 Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 51 Niigata University 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.0 here).

Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. 9.0 avg Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Measurement Technology Ltd. 9.0 avg Carvana, LLC 9.0 avg Nanjing University 9.0 avg

Societe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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Societe BIC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	13.8%
2016	7	4.2%
2017	14	8.4%
2018	20	12.0%
2019	18	10.8%
2020	28	16.8%
2021	18	10.8%
2022	16	9.6%
2023	8	4.8%
2024	7	4.2%
2025partial year	8	4.8%

Which technologies does Societe BIC patent most?

B43K - Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing 43

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 8

F23Q - Ignition ; Extinguishing-devices 8

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 7

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 7

B43M - Bureau Accessories NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 6

B43L - Articles FOR Writing OR Drawing UPON; ; Writing OR Drawing AIDS;; Accessories FOR Writing OR Drawing 6

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

Top 15 of 47 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Societe BIC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Societe BIC's lead technology class is B43K (Implements FOR Writing OR Drawing), 25.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B43K
Ranked #2,350 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Societe BIC against J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.