Where does B & B Metals, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), B & B Metals, Inc. ranks #10,551 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 B & B Metals, Inc. hold?

B & B Metals, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is B & B Metals, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

B & B Metals, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.7 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does B & B Metals, Inc. focus on?

B & B Metals, Inc.'s top technology area is E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds) with 28 patents, ranking #2 of 117 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is B & B Metals, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

B & B Metals, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +8% 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 B & B Metals, Inc.'s patents?

B & B Metals, Inc.'s patents average 17.9 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 B & B Metals, Inc. 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 US Corporation

B & B Metals, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 8 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: E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, B ranks #10,551 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 8 technology areas.

#10,551
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.7/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: +8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10551 · US Corporation #10,551 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,551/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arisawa MFG
CPC-NARROW E01B · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Arisawa MFG. Co., 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 B’s 44.7 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 11.7 pts (26%) Velocity 12.2 pts (27%) Breadth 10.0 pts (22%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
B & B Metals · this assignee

45
Caterpillar Global… · near

45
Koko Home · near

45
Sustainable Energy… · near

45
Thales Holdings UK · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows B's Innovation Score is 44.7/100 (top 25% 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 B?

Each dot is one of B’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). B’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where B's grants concentrate

B & B Metals, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 96.6% of grants classified under E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, B sits between Arisawa MFG. Co., Ltd. and Belden Canada Inc..

B's three-year grant acceleration

B & B Metals, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Arisawa MFG

29
Audinate Holdings…

29
Authentic8

29
Avails Medical

29
B&W Group

29
Barnes Group

29
Beijing Kohler

29
Belden Canada

29
B & B Metals ◀

29

What this shows B holds 29 patents at rank #10,551, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near B

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,551 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E01B (Permanent WAY)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for B, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E01B (Permanent WAY), B ranks #2 of 117 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Sustainable Energy Solutions, Inc. 45 Koko Home, Inc. 45 Thales Holdings UK Plc 45 Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH 45

B's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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B & B Metals, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.9%
2016	3	10.3%
2017	3	10.3%
2018	2	6.9%
2019	3	10.3%
2020	2	6.9%
2021	1	3.4%
2022	2	6.9%
2023	3	10.3%
2024	6	20.7%
2025partial year	2	6.9%

Which technologies does B & B Metals, Inc. patent most?

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 28

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 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 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

B60F - Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD; Amphibious OR Like VEHICLES; Convertible Vehicles 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

Top 8 of 8 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

B & B Metals, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

B & B Metals, Inc.'s lead technology class is E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds), 96.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E01B
Ranked #10,551 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare B & B Metals, Inc. against Arisawa MFG. Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.7/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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