Where does Beacon Technical Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Beacon Technical Systems, LLC ranks #19,494 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 Beacon Technical Systems, LLC hold?

Beacon Technical Systems, LLC holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Beacon Technical Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Beacon Technical Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th 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 Beacon Technical Systems, LLC focus on?

Beacon Technical Systems, LLC's top technology area is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps) with 12 patents, ranking #150 of 1,034 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Beacon Technical Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Beacon Technical Systems, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Beacon Technical Systems, LLC's patents?

Beacon Technical Systems, LLC's patents average 13.8 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 Beacon Technical Systems, 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

Beacon Technical Systems, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Beacon ranks #19,494 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 8 technology areas.

#19,494
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19494 · US Corporation #19,494 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,494/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bando Kiko
CPC-NARROW F04D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd (±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 Beacon’s 27.6 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 9.4 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Beacon Technical… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Beacon's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th 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 Beacon?

Each dot is one of Beacon’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). Beacon’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Beacon's grants concentrate

Beacon Technical Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Beacon sits between Bando Kiko Co., Ltd and Beijing Huihaozi Technology Co., Ltd.

Bando Kiko

14
Barron Associates

14
Bausch + Ströbel…

14
Bay Materials

14
Behavioral Recogn…

14
Beijing Const Ins…

14
Beijing Gridsum T…

14
Beijing Huihaozi…

14
Beacon Technical… ◀

14

What this shows Beacon holds 14 patents at rank #19,516, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Beacon

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,516 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps)

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

Beacon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Beacon Technical Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	14.3%
2016	8	57.1%
2017	3	21.4%
2019	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Beacon Technical Systems, LLC patent most?

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 12

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 7

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 5

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Beacon Technical Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Beacon Technical Systems, LLC's lead technology class is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04D
Ranked #19,494 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Beacon Technical Systems, LLC against Bando Kiko Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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

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.