Where does Bend Labs, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bend Labs, Inc. ranks #25,862 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 Bend Labs, Inc. hold?

Bend Labs, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Bend Labs, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bend Labs, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.1 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bend Labs, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bend Labs, 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 Bend Labs, Inc.'s patents?

Bend Labs, Inc.'s patents average 17.4 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 Bend Labs, 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

Bend Labs, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Bend Labs, Inc. focus on?

Bend Labs, Inc.'s top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 9 patents, ranking #163 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 7 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bend ranks #25,862 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 7 technology areas.

#25,862
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.1/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25862 · US Corporation #25,862 · 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 #25,862/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing Wantai…
CPC-NARROW G01B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise 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 Bend’s 28.1 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 8.3 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bend Labs · this assignee

28
All Power Labs · near

28
Applied Physical… · near

28
Healgen Scientific · near

28
Segway · near

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bend's Innovation Score is 28.1/100 (26th 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 Bend?

Each dot is one of Bend’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). Bend’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bend's grants concentrate

Bend Labs, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Bend sits between Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Bial—R&D Investments, S.A..

Beijing Wantai Bi…

10
Bell Laboratories

10
Bellco S R L

10
Belletorus

10
Besser

10
Bestop Baja

10
Beteiligungen Sor…

10
Bial—R&D Investme…

10
Bend Labs ◀

10

What this shows Bend holds 10 patents at rank #25,897, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bend

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,897 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bend, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01B (Measuring Length), Bend ranks #163 of 2,030 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (28 here).

Segway, Inc. 28 Applied Physical Sciences Corp. 28 All Power Labs, Inc. 28 Healgen Scientific Limited 28

Bend's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% 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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Bend Labs, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Bend Labs, Inc. patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 9

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

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 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 1

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

Bend Labs, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bend Labs, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #25,862 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bend Labs, Inc. against Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.1/100 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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