Where does Bal Seal Engineering, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bal Seal Engineering, LLC ranks #5,199 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 Bal Seal Engineering, LLC hold?

Bal Seal Engineering, LLC holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Bal Seal Engineering, LLC's Innovation Score?

Bal Seal Engineering, LLC has an Innovation Score of 44.6 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 Bal Seal Engineering, LLC focus on?

Bal Seal Engineering, LLC's top technology area is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification) with 31 patents, ranking #375 of 9,657 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bal Seal Engineering, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bal Seal Engineering, LLC's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Bal Seal Engineering, LLC's patents?

Bal Seal Engineering, LLC's patents average 22.7 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 Bal Seal Engineering, LLC 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

Bal Seal Engineering, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 15 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: Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bal ranks #5,199 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 15 technology areas.

#5,199
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 22.7
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5199 · Foreign Corporation #5,199 · 66 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,199/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acme United
CPC-FOCUS Y10T · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acme United Corporation (±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 Bal’s 44.6 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 14.5 pts (33%) Velocity 2.7 pts (6%) Breadth 13.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 13.6 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bal Seal Engineering · this assignee

45
Kojima Industries · near

45
Nobel Biocare Services · near

45
Opanga Networks · near

45
Spanx · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bal's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (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 Bal?

Each dot is one of Bal’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). Bal’s own 22.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bal's grants concentrate

Bal Seal Engineering, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 47% of grants classified under Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Bal sits between Acme United Corporation and Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc..

Bal's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bal Seal Engineering, LLC moved from 27 to 11 grants (0.41x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Acme United

66
Advanced Liquid L…

66
Aerojet Rocketdyne

66
Babyliss Faco SRL

66
Bridgeport Fittin…

66
Central Japan Rai…

66
CSL

66
Canon U S Life Sc…

66
Bal Seal Engineer… ◀

66

What this shows Bal holds 66 patents at rank #5,199, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bal

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,199 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification), Bal ranks #375 of 9,657 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Spanx, LLC 45 Nobel Biocare Services AG 45 Kojima Industries Corporation 45 Opanga Networks, Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.7 here).

Electrocore, Inc. 22.7 avg Sutro Biopharma, Inc. 22.7 avg Allosource 22.8 avg Technoprobe S.P.A. 22.8 avg

Bal'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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Bal Seal Engineering, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	4.5%
2016	13	19.7%
2017	6	9.1%
2018	5	7.6%
2019	12	18.2%
2020	8	12.1%
2021	7	10.6%
2022	6	9.1%
2023	3	4.5%
2024	2	3.0%
2025partial year	1	1.5%

Which technologies does Bal Seal Engineering, LLC patent most?

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 31

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 27

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 24

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 23

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 23

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 9

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 6

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 5

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 4

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 3

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 1

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Bal Seal Engineering, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bal Seal Engineering, LLC's lead technology class is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification), 47% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y10T
Ranked #5,199 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bal Seal Engineering, LLC against Acme United Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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

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