Where does BCB International Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BCB International Limited ranks #22,253 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does BCB International Limited hold?

BCB International Limited holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is BCB International Limited's Innovation Score?

BCB International Limited has an Innovation Score of 28.4 out of 100 (top 73% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is BCB International Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BCB International Limited's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 BCB International Limited's patents?

BCB International Limited's patents average 7.5 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 BCB International Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

BCB International Limited

Q: What technology areas does BCB International Limited focus on?

BCB International Limited's top technology area is F41H (ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL) with 2 patents. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: F41H (ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BCB ranks #22,253 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 18 technology areas.

#22,253
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 73%
by Innovation Score (28.4/100): 7.5
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22253 · Foreign Corporation #22,253 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,253/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH BARON INVESTMENTS
CPC-FOCUS F41H · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Baron Investments, Llc (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BCB International · this assignee

28
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows BCB's Innovation Score is 28.4/100 (top 73% 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.

Where BCB's grants concentrate

BCB International Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under F41H (ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, BCB sits between Baron Investments, Llc and Beissbarth Gmbh.

Baron Investments

12
Basler

12
BATZ S COOP

12
BBS

12
Beaulieu Internat…

12
Beijing BOE Healt…

12
Beijing Mobike Te…

12
Beissbarth

12
BCB International ◀

12

What this shows BCB holds 12 patents at rank #22,246, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BCB

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,246 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41H (Armour)

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

BCB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 Top 73% higher than 27% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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BCB International Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	41.7%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	3	25.0%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%

Which technologies does BCB International Limited patent most?

F41H - ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES 1

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 1

Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS 1

B64U - UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR 1

B64C - AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS 1

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 1

B63B - SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 1

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 1

A63B - APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT 1

F41F - APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS ; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS 1

B63C - LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS 1

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 1

F41B - WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

C10L - FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G OR C10K; LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS; USE OF ADDITIVES TO FUELS OR FIRES; FIRE-LIGHTERS 1

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,253

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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