Where does Barnes Group Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Barnes Group Inc. ranks #10,553 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 Barnes Group Inc. hold?

Barnes Group Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Barnes Group Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Barnes Group Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.5 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Barnes Group Inc. focus on?

Barnes Group Inc.'s top technology area is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration) with 13 patents, ranking #73 of 892 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is Barnes Group Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Barnes Group Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -41% 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 Barnes Group Inc.'s patents?

Barnes Group Inc.'s patents average 22.9 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 Barnes Group 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

Barnes Group Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 40 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: F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Barnes ranks #10,553 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 40 technology areas.

#10,553
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.5/100): 22.9
avg claims per patent: -41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10553 · US Corporation #10,553 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,553/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Authentic8
CPC-WIDE F16F · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Authentic8, 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 Barnes’s 51.5 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 11.7 pts (23%) Velocity 3.6 pts (7%) Breadth 22.4 pts (43%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Barnes Group · this assignee

52
Genomatica · near

51
Glycom A/S · near

51
Nuovo Pignone SRL · near

51
Ssab Technology AB · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Barnes's Innovation Score is 51.5/100 (top 11% 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 Barnes?

Each dot is one of Barnes’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). Barnes’s own 22.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Barnes's grants concentrate

Barnes Group Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 44.8% of grants classified under F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Barnes sits between Authentic8, Inc. and BHA Altair. LLC.

Barnes's three-year grant acceleration

Barnes Group Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Authentic8

29
Avails Medical

29
B & B Metals

29
B&W Group

29
Beijing Kohler

29
Belden Canada

29
Belden Canada ULC

29
BHA Altair

29
Barnes Group ◀

29

What this shows Barnes holds 29 patents at rank #10,553, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Barnes

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,553 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16F (Springs)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Barnes, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16F (Springs), Barnes ranks #73 of 892 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Ssab Technology AB 51 Glycom A/S 51 Nuovo Pignone SRL 51 Genomatica, Inc. 51

Barnes's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Barnes Group Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	13.8%
2016	2	6.9%
2017	2	6.9%
2018	2	6.9%
2019	7	24.1%
2020	2	6.9%
2021	2	6.9%
2022	1	3.4%
2023	2	6.9%
2024	3	10.3%
2025partial year	2	6.9%

Which technologies does Barnes Group Inc. patent most?

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 6

F16H - Gearing 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 3

B30B - Presses IN General 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 3

Top 15 of 40 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

Barnes Group Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Barnes Group Inc.'s lead technology class is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration), 44.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16F
Ranked #10,553 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Barnes Group Inc. against Authentic8, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.5/100 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.