Where does Banana Bros, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Banana Bros, LLC ranks #23,950 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 Banana Bros, LLC hold?

Banana Bros, LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Banana Bros, LLC's Innovation Score?

Banana Bros, LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th 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 Banana Bros, LLC focus on?

Banana Bros, LLC's top technology area is A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff) with 6 patents, ranking #22 of 93 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Banana Bros, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Banana Bros, LLC's recent grant velocity is +167% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Banana Bros, LLC's patents?

Banana Bros, LLC's patents average 16.4 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 Banana Bros, 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 US Corporation

Banana Bros, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Banana ranks #23,950 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 11 technology areas.

#23,950
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +167%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23950 · US Corporation #23,950 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,950/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Baker Hughes ESP
CPC-FOCUS A24B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +167% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Baker Hughes ESP, 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 Banana’s 31.9 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 8.6 pts (27%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 11.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Banana Bros · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Banana's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th 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 Banana?

Each dot is one of Banana’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). Banana’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Banana's grants concentrate

Banana Bros, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 54.5% of grants classified under A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Banana sits between Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc. and Barton Innovations, LLC.

Banana's three-year grant acceleration

Banana Bros, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Bruno Independent…

11
BSN Sports

11
BTM

11
Baker Hughes ESP

11
Banuba

11
Barlean's Organic…

11
Bartell Machinery…

11
Barton Innovations

11
Banana Bros ◀

11

What this shows Banana holds 11 patents at rank #23,988, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Banana

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,988 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR Chewing)

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

Banana's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Banana Bros, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	9.1%
2019	2	18.2%
2020	3	27.3%
2021	3	27.3%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Banana Bros, LLC patent most?

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 6

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 4

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 4

A24C - Machines FOR Making Cigars OR Cigarettes 4

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Banana Bros, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Banana Bros, LLC's lead technology class is A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff), 54.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24B
Ranked #23,950 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Banana Bros, LLC against Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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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