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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bell Sports, Inc. ranks #2,263 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 Sports, Inc. hold?

Bell Sports, Inc. holds 173 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

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

Bell Sports, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.1 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bell Sports, Inc. focus on?

Bell Sports, Inc.'s top technology area is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings) with 95 patents, ranking #1 of 278 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

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

Bell Sports, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +60% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bell Sports, Inc.'s patents?

Bell Sports, Inc.'s patents average 12.9 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 Sports, 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 Sports, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 173 granted patents across 42 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: A42B (HATS; Head Coverings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bell ranks #2,263 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 173 patents across 42 technology areas.

#2,263
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.1/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2263 · US Corporation #2,263 · 173 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 173 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,263/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bard Access Systems
CPC-WIDE A42B · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bard Access Systems, Inc. (±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 57.1 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 17.8 pts (31%) Velocity 8.6 pts (15%) Breadth 22.9 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AIR Cruisers · near

57
Bell Sports · this assignee

57
Korea Atomic Energy… · near

57
SKC · near

57
Warner Bros… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bell's Innovation Score is 57.1/100 (top 5% 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 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 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 Sports, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 54.9% of grants classified under A42B (HATS; Head Coverings). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (27 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2015. By volume, Bell sits between Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur and General Interface Solution Limited.

Bell's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bell Sports, Inc. moved from 54 to 70 grants (1.30x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #645. See the growth leaderboard.

Valeo Equipements…

174
Yahoo Japan

174
Bard Access Syste…

173
Beckhoff Automati…

173
Berry Plastics

173
Delaval Holding AB

173
Edwards

173
General Interface…

173
Bell Sports ◀

173

What this shows Bell holds 173 patents at rank #2,263, 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 #2,263 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A42B (HATS)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bell, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A42B (HATS), Bell ranks #1 of 278 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute 57 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 57 SKC Co., Ltd. 57 AIR Cruisers Company, LLC 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.9 here).

Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH 12.9 avg Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. 12.9 avg Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A. S. 12.9 avg Thales DIS France SAS 12.9 avg

Bell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 Sports, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	2.9%
2016	7	4.0%
2017	17	9.8%
2018	16	9.2%
2019	20	11.6%
2020	16	9.2%
2021	18	10.4%
2022	27	15.6%
2023	25	14.5%
2024	18	10.4%
2025partial year	4	2.3%

Which technologies does Bell Sports, Inc. patent most?

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 95

A42C - Manufacturing OR Trimming Head Coverings, e.g. Hats 9

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 9

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 8

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 5

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 5

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 5

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

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

Top 15 of 42 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 Sports, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bell Sports, Inc.'s lead technology class is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings), 54.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A42B
Ranked #2,263 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bell Sports, Inc. against Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.1/100 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.

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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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