Where does Bastion Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bastion Technologies, Inc. ranks #22,250 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 Bastion Technologies, Inc. hold?

Bastion Technologies, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Bastion Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bastion Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.6 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bastion Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bastion Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Bastion Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Bastion Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 21.1 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 Bastion Technologies, 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

Bastion Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Bastion Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Bastion Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 12 patents, ranking #316 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bastion ranks #22,250 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 4 technology areas.

#22,250
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.6/100): 21.1
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22250 · US Corporation #22,250 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,250/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Banco Bradesco S/A
CPC-NARROW E21B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Banco Bradesco S/A (±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 Bastion’s 28.6 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 8.9 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bastion · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bastion's Innovation Score is 28.6/100 (28th 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 Bastion?

Each dot is one of Bastion’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). Bastion’s own 21.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bastion's grants concentrate

Bastion Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Bastion sits between Banco Bradesco S/A and Beijing AK Medical Co., Ltd..

Banco Bradesco S/A

12
Bank of Canada

12
Barkbox

12
Barrick Gold

12
Becton Dickinson…

12
Beechrock

12
Bei Yu Industrial

12
Beijing AK Medical

12
Bastion ◀

12

What this shows Bastion holds 12 patents at rank #22,284, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bastion

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,284 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Bastion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bastion Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2016	2	16.7%
2017	2	16.7%
2018	3	25.0%
2019	2	16.7%
2020	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Bastion Technologies, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 12

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

C06D - Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST; Gas-attack COMPOSITIONS; Generation OF GAS FOR Blasting OR Propulsion (CHEMICAL PART) 5

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Bastion Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bastion Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #22,250 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bastion Technologies, Inc. against Banco Bradesco S/A, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.6/100 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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