Where does Backer EHP Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Backer EHP Inc. ranks #20,798 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 Backer EHP Inc. hold?

Backer EHP Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Backer EHP Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Backer EHP Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Backer EHP Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Backer EHP Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Backer EHP Inc.'s patents?

Backer EHP Inc.'s patents average 17.8 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 Backer EHP 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

Backer EHP Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Backer EHP Inc. focus on?

Backer EHP Inc.'s top technology area is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General) with 9 patents, ranking #368 of 2,247 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 7 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: H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Backer ranks #20,798 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 7 technology areas.

#20,798
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20798 · US Corporation #20,798 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,798/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bacterin International
CPC-NARROW H05B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bacterin International, 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 Backer’s 38.0 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 9.1 pts (24%) Velocity 8.9 pts (23%) Breadth 9.4 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Backer EHP · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Backer's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Backer?

Each dot is one of Backer’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). Backer’s own 17.8 claims/patent is at or below the 19.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Backer's grants concentrate

Backer EHP Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Backer sits between BS&B Innovations Limited and Baydin, Inc..

Backer's three-year grant acceleration

Backer EHP Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

BS&B Innovations

13
BTL Holdings

13
Bulgari Horlogerie

13
BXB Digital Pty

13
Bacterin Internat…

13
Baobab Studios

13
Barclays Bank

13
Baydin

13
Backer EHP ◀

13

What this shows Backer holds 13 patents at rank #20,840, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Backer

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,840 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05B (Electric Heating)

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

Backer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% 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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Backer EHP Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	2	15.4%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	1	7.7%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Backer EHP Inc. patent most?

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 9

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 3

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 3

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 7 of 7 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

Backer EHP Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Backer EHP Inc.'s lead technology class is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05B
Ranked #20,798 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Backer EHP Inc. against BS&B Innovations Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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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