Where does Bandit Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bandit Industries, Inc. ranks #17,479 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 Bandit Industries, Inc. hold?

Bandit Industries, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Bandit Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bandit Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.3 out of 100 (37th 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 Bandit Industries, Inc. focus on?

Bandit Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain) with 12 patents, ranking #23 of 384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bandit Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bandit Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -44% 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 Bandit Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Bandit Industries, Inc.'s patents average 21.4 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 Bandit Industries, 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

Bandit Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bandit ranks #17,479 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 6 technology areas.

#17,479
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.3/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17479 · US Corporation #17,479 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,479/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Babcock Power Services
CPC-NARROW B02C · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Babcock Power Services, 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 Bandit’s 31.3 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 9.8 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bandit Industries · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bandit's Innovation Score is 31.3/100 (37th 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 Bandit?

Each dot is one of Bandit’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). Bandit’s own 21.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bandit's grants concentrate

Bandit Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Bandit sits between Bulk Tank, Inc. and BendPak, Inc..

Bulk Tank

16
Butler Engineerin…

16
BWT Holding

16
Babcock Power Ser…

16
Bardex

16
Becklin Holdings

16
Beijing Huashi Un…

16
Bendpak

16
Bandit Industries ◀

16

What this shows Bandit holds 16 patents at rank #17,504, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bandit

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,504 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B02C (Crushing)

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

Bandit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bandit Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	6.3%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	3	18.8%
2020	4	25.0%
2021	1	6.3%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Bandit Industries, Inc. patent most?

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 12

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 9

B27L - Removing Bark OR Vestiges OF Branches ; Splitting WOOD; Manufacture OF Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres OR Wood Powder 8

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 3

B27G - Accessory Machines OR Apparatus FOR Working Wood OR Similar MATERIALS; Tools FOR Working Wood OR Similar Materials ; Safety Devices FOR Wood Working Machines OR Tools 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Bandit Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bandit Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B02C
Ranked #17,479 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bandit Industries, Inc. against Bulk Tank, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.3/100 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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