Where does Willy A. Bachofen AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Willy A. Bachofen AG ranks #44,098 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 Willy A. Bachofen AG hold?

Willy A. Bachofen AG holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Willy A. Bachofen AG's Innovation Score?

Willy A. Bachofen AG has an Innovation Score of 20.2 out of 100 (7th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Willy A. Bachofen AG focus on?

Willy A. Bachofen AG's top technology area is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain) with 6 patents, ranking #51 of 384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is Willy A. Bachofen AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Willy A. Bachofen AG's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Willy A. Bachofen AG's patents?

Willy A. Bachofen AG's patents average 13.8 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 Willy A. Bachofen 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

Willy A. Bachofen AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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, Willy ranks #44,098 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 1 technology areas.

#44,098
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.2/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44098 · Foreign Corporation #44,098 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #44,098/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Who-Rae Australia
CPC-NARROW B02C · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Who-Rae Australia, LLC (±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 Willy’s 20.2 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 6.7 pts (33%) Velocity 1.7 pts (8%) Breadth 3.5 pts (17%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Willy A Bachofen · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Willy's Innovation Score is 20.2/100 (7th 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 Willy?

Each dot is one of Willy’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). Willy’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Willy's grants concentrate

Willy A. Bachofen AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Willy sits between Who-Rae Australia, LLC and WireCo Worldgroup Inc..

Willy's three-year grant acceleration

Willy A. Bachofen AG shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Who-rae Australia

6
Wicket

6
Wild Flavors

6
Wildlife Research…

6
Winchester

6
Wind Solutions

6
Windtree Therapeu…

6
Wireco Worldgroup

6
Willy A Bachofen ◀

6

What this shows Willy holds 6 patents at rank #44,082, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Willy

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,082 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B02C (Crushing)

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

Willy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Willy A. Bachofen AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2019	2	33.3%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Willy A. Bachofen AG patent most?

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 6

Top 1 of 1 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

Willy A. Bachofen AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Willy A. Bachofen AG's lead technology class is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B02C
Ranked #44,098 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Willy A. Bachofen AG against Who-Rae Australia, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.2/100 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

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.