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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bell Laboratories, Inc. ranks #25,859 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 Laboratories, Inc. hold?

Bell Laboratories, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Bell Laboratories, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bell Laboratories, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.8 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Bell Laboratories, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Laboratories, Inc.'s patents?

Bell Laboratories, Inc.'s patents average 12.4 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 Laboratories, 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 Laboratories, Inc.

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

Bell Laboratories, Inc.'s top technology area is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants) with 10 patents, ranking #26 of 292 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bell ranks #25,859 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 9 technology areas.

#25,859
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.8/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25859 · US Corporation #25,859 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,859/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing Founder…
CPC-NARROW A01M · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing Founder Apabi Technology 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 30.8 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 8.3 pts (27%) Velocity 4.4 pts (14%) Breadth 10.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bell Laboratories · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bell's Innovation Score is 30.8/100 (35th 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 12.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bell's grants concentrate

Bell Laboratories, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Bell sits between Beijing Founder Apabi Technology Limited and Besser Company.

Bell's three-year grant acceleration

Bell Laboratories, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Beijing Founder A…

10
Beijing Friendshi…

10
Beijing Shunzao T…

10
Beijing Wantai Bi…

10
Bellco S R L

10
Belletorus

10
Bend Labs

10
Besser

10
Bell Laboratories ◀

10

What this shows Bell holds 10 patents at rank #25,894, 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 #25,894 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01M (Catching)

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)

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 Laboratories, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Bell Laboratories, Inc. patent most?

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 10

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 4

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 4

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

Top 9 of 9 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 Laboratories, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bell Laboratories, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01M
Ranked #25,859 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bell Laboratories, Inc. against Beijing Founder Apabi Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.8/100 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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