Where does BBM Railway Equipment, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BBM Railway Equipment, LLC ranks #39,041 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 BBM Railway Equipment, LLC hold?

BBM Railway Equipment, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2022, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is BBM Railway Equipment, LLC's Innovation Score?

BBM Railway Equipment, LLC has an Innovation Score of 21.0 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is BBM Railway Equipment, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BBM Railway Equipment, LLC's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for BBM Railway Equipment, LLC's patents?

BBM Railway Equipment, LLC's patents average 11.3 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 BBM Railway Equipment, 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

BBM Railway Equipment, LLC

Q: What technology areas does BBM Railway Equipment, LLC focus on?

BBM Railway Equipment, LLC's top technology area is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load) with 4 patents, ranking #98 of 447 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2022. 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: B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BBM ranks #39,041 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#39,041
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.0/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39041 · US Corporation #39,041 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,041/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Baxley Equipment
CPC-NARROW B66F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Baxley Equipment Co. (±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 BBM’s 21.0 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 6.7 pts (32%) Velocity 1.3 pts (6%) Breadth 6.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BBM Railway Equipment · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BBM's Innovation Score is 21.0/100 (8th 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 BBM?

Each dot is one of BBM’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). BBM’s own 11.3 claims/patent is at or below the 11.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where BBM's grants concentrate

BBM Railway Equipment, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, BBM sits between Baxley Equipment Co. and BCR Environmental Corporation.

BBM's three-year grant acceleration

BBM Railway Equipment, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Baxley Equipment

6
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6
BAY ZU Precision

6
Bazz

6
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6
Bcck Holding

6
BCN Peptides

6
BCR Environmental

6
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6

What this shows BBM holds 6 patents at rank #39,029, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BBM

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,029 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66F (Hoisting)

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

BBM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2022

Grants by year

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

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BBM Railway Equipment, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	16.7%
2020	3	50.0%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%

Which technologies does BBM Railway Equipment, LLC patent most?

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 4

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

B61K - Auxiliary Equipment Specially Adapted FOR Railways, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 3 of 3 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

BBM Railway Equipment, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BBM Railway Equipment, LLC's lead technology class is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66F
Ranked #39,041 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BBM Railway Equipment, LLC against Baxley Equipment Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.0/100 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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