Where does Bestop, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bestop, Inc. ranks #3,446 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 Bestop, Inc. hold?

Bestop, Inc. holds 107 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Bestop, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bestop, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.5 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Bestop, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +97% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Bestop, Inc.'s patents average 16.4 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 Bestop, 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

Bestop, Inc.

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

Bestop, Inc.'s top technology area is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles) with 81 patents, ranking #7 of 418 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 107 granted patents across 15 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: B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bestop ranks #3,446 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 107 patents across 15 technology areas.

#3,446
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.5/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +97%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3446 · US Corporation #3,446 · 107 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 107 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,446/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 23andMe
CPC-FOCUS B60J · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +97% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 23andMe, 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 Bestop’s 45.5 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 16.2 pts (36%) Velocity 5.8 pts (13%) Breadth 13.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Wistar Institute… · near

46
Bestop · this assignee

45
Etak Systems · near

45
Orbis · near

45
The Maitland · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bestop's Innovation Score is 45.5/100 (top 23% 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 Bestop?

Each dot is one of Bestop’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). Bestop’s own 16.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bestop's grants concentrate

Bestop, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 75.7% of grants classified under B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (18 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Bestop sits between 23andMe, Inc. and Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated.

Bestop's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bestop, Inc. moved from 46 to 40 grants (0.87x 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 #1,596. See the growth leaderboard.

23andme

107
Amtran Technology

107
Aurora Labs

107
BCE

107
Boston Scientific…

107
Costa Del Mar

107
Cylance

107
Diebold Nixdorf I…

107
Bestop ◀

107

What this shows Bestop holds 107 patents at rank #3,446, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bestop

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,446 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60J (Windows)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bestop, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60J (Windows), Bestop ranks #7 of 418 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Etak Systems, LLC 45 Orbis Corporation 45 The Maitland Company, LLC 45 The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

GeoFrenzy, Inc. 16.4 avg Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. 16.4 avg LG Innotek Co., Ltd. 16.4 avg Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH 16.4 avg

Bestop's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% 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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Bestop, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.9%
2016	4	3.7%
2017	4	3.7%
2018	9	8.4%
2019	17	15.9%
2020	14	13.1%
2021	15	14.0%
2022	17	15.9%
2023	18	16.8%
2024	5	4.7%
2025partial year	3	2.8%

Which technologies does Bestop, Inc. patent most?

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 81

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 7

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

B60D - Vehicle Connections 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

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

Top 15 of 15 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

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

Bestop, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60J (Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles), 75.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60J
Ranked #3,446 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bestop, Inc. against 23andMe, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.5/100 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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