Where does Best Lockers, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Best Lockers, LLC ranks #16,626 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 Best Lockers, LLC hold?

Best Lockers, LLC holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Best Lockers, LLC's Innovation Score?

Best Lockers, LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.8 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Best Lockers, LLC focus on?

Best Lockers, LLC's top technology area is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus) with 11 patents, ranking #169 of 1,075 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Best Lockers, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Best Lockers, LLC's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Best Lockers, LLC's patents?

Best Lockers, LLC's patents average 13.7 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 Best Lockers, 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Best Lockers, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 12 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: G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Best ranks #16,626 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 12 technology areas.

#16,626
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16626 · US Corporation #16,626 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,626/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing Smartmi…
CPC-FOCUS G07F · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing Smartmi Technology 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 Best’s 43.8 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 10.0 pts (23%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 12.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Best Lockers · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Best's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 Best?

Each dot is one of Best’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). Best’s own 13.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Best's grants concentrate

Best Lockers, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 64.7% of grants classified under G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Best sits between Beijing Smartmi Technology Co., Ltd. and BILL.COM, LLC.

Best's three-year grant acceleration

Best Lockers, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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 Smartmi T…

17
Beijing Surgerii…

17
Berkin B V

17
Bermad CS

17
Bien-air Holding

17
BIG Time Investme…

17
BIG Time Products

17
BILL COM

17
Best Lockers ◀

17

What this shows Best holds 17 patents at rank #16,624, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Best

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,624 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus)

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

Best's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% 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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Best Lockers, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2017	6	35.3%
2018	2	11.8%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	1	5.9%
2023	2	11.8%
2024	1	5.9%
2025partial year	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Best Lockers, LLC patent most?

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 11

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 8

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 2

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 2

B62H - Cycle STANDS; Supports OR Holders FOR Parking OR Storing CYCLES; Appliances Preventing OR Indicating Unauthorized USE OR Theft OF CYCLES; Locks Integral With CYCLES; Devices FOR Learning TO Ride Cycles 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Best Lockers, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Best Lockers, LLC's lead technology class is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), 64.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07F
Ranked #16,626 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Best Lockers, LLC against Beijing Smartmi Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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

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.