USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Bedford Systems Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A47J (KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES).

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

16.8

Avg claims per patent

+92%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bedford ranks #8,170 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 21 technology areas.

#8,170
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.2/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Bedford Systems Llc has been granted 39 US utility patents between 2017 and 2025, placing Bedford Systems Llc at #8,170 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 21 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in A47J (KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES). As a US Corporation, Bedford Systems Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Bedford sits between Axogen Corporation (39 patents, rank #8,166) and Centro DE Ingeniería Genética Y Biotecnología (39 patents, rank #8,174) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 44.2/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 25 grants, compared with 13 in the 2015–2019 window, a +92% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Bedford Systems Llc's 16.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 21 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

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39

What this shows Bedford holds 39 patents at rank #8,170, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bedford

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,170 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Bedford's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bedford Systems Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	5.1%
2018	4	10.3%
2019	7	17.9%
2020	7	17.9%
2021	4	10.3%
2022	5	12.8%
2023	7	17.9%
2024	2	5.1%
2025partial year	1	2.6%

Which technologies does Bedford Systems Llc patent most?

A47J - KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES 24

B01F - MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING 16

B67D - DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 15

B65D - CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES 12

A23L - FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF 9

A23V - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION 4

F17C - VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES 3

F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT 3

F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION 3

F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS 3

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 2

Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS 2

C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE 2

C12C - BEER; PREPARATION OF BEER BY FERMENTATION ; PREPARATION OF MALT FOR MAKING BEER; PREPARATION OF HOPS FOR MAKING BEER 2

B67B - APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS 2

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 39 grants

CPC subclasses 21

Avg. claims / grant 16.8

Velocity +92%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#8,170

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Bedford Systems Llc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bedford Systems Llc ranks #8,170 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 Bedford Systems Llc hold?

Bedford Systems Llc holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Bedford Systems Llc's Innovation Score?

Bedford Systems Llc has an Innovation Score of 44.2 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bedford Systems Llc focus on?

Bedford Systems Llc's top technology area is A47J (KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES) with 24 patents. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bedford Systems Llc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bedford Systems Llc's recent grant velocity is +92% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bedford Systems Llc's patents?

Bedford Systems Llc's patents average 16.8 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 Bedford 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.

How to use this portfolio

Bedford's 39 grants land it in the top 26% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Bedford ranks #8,170 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A47J - see who else leads that technology area. A47J leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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.