Where does Bell Automotive Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bell Automotive Products, Inc. ranks #34,445 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 Bell Automotive Products, Inc. hold?

Bell Automotive Products, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Bell Automotive Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bell Automotive Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.1 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bell Automotive Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bell Automotive Products, Inc.'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 Bell Automotive Products, Inc.'s patents?

Bell Automotive Products, Inc.'s patents average 12.6 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 Bell Automotive Products, 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

Bell Automotive Products, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Bell Automotive Products, Inc. focus on?

Bell Automotive Products, Inc.'s top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 3 patents, ranking #1,663 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bell ranks #34,445 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#34,445
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.1/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34445 · US Corporation #34,445 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,445/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing Urban…
CPC-NARROW B29C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (±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 Bell’s 24.1 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 7.2 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bell Automotive… · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bell's Innovation Score is 24.1/100 (14th 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 Bell?

Each dot is one of Bell’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). Bell’s own 12.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bell's grants concentrate

Bell Automotive Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Bell sits between Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited and Bernhard Foerster GmbH.

Beijing Urban Con…

7
Beijing Zehua Che…

7
Belhaven Biopharma

7
Belite Bio

7
Bell Semiconductor

7
Benbria

7
Benitec Biopharma

7
Bernhard Foerster

7
Bell Automotive P… ◀

7

What this shows Bell holds 7 patents at rank #34,515, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bell

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,515 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Bell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Bell Automotive Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	71.4%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Bell Automotive Products, Inc. patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

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 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Bell Automotive Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bell Automotive Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #34,445 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bell Automotive Products, Inc. against Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.1/100 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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