Where does Backbone Labs, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Backbone Labs, Inc. ranks #15,847 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 Backbone Labs, Inc. hold?

Backbone Labs, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Backbone Labs, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Backbone Labs, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.1 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Backbone Labs, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Backbone Labs, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Backbone Labs, Inc.'s patents?

Backbone Labs, Inc.'s patents average 20.0 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 Backbone Labs, 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

Backbone Labs, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Backbone Labs, Inc. focus on?

Backbone Labs, Inc.'s top technology area is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 18 patents, ranking #91 of 894 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Backbone ranks #15,847 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 5 technology areas.

#15,847
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.1/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15847 · US Corporation #15,847 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,847/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Barel IP
CPC-NARROW A63F · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Barel IP, Inc. (±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 Backbone’s 50.1 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 10.2 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 7.9 pts (16%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Backbone Labs · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Backbone's Innovation Score is 50.1/100 (top 14% 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 Backbone?

Each dot is one of Backbone’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). Backbone’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Backbone's grants concentrate

Backbone Labs, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Backbone sits between Brown & Watson International PTY Ltd and Beijing Mabworks Biotech Co. Ltd..

Backbone's three-year grant acceleration

Backbone Labs, Inc. shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Brown & Watson In…

18
Bruker Biospin MRI

18
Bunker Hill

18
BWR Innovations

18
Barel IP

18
Battlearms IP

18
Beijing Horizon R…

18
Beijing Mabworks…

18
Backbone Labs ◀

18

What this shows Backbone holds 18 patents at rank #15,858, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Backbone

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,858 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63F (Card)

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

Backbone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Backbone Labs, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	5.6%
2023	5	27.8%
2024	6	33.3%
2025partial year	6	33.3%

Which technologies does Backbone Labs, Inc. patent most?

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Backbone Labs, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Backbone Labs, Inc.'s lead technology class is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63F
Ranked #15,847 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Backbone Labs, Inc. against Brown & Watson International PTY Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.1/100 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.