Where does Bill Archer, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bill Archer, LLC ranks #45,171 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 Bill Archer, LLC hold?

Bill Archer, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Bill Archer, LLC's Innovation Score?

Bill Archer, LLC has an Innovation Score of 22.6 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bill Archer, LLC focus on?

Bill Archer, LLC's top technology area is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c) with 5 patents, ranking #476 of 1,689 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bill Archer, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Bill Archer, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Bill Archer, LLC's patents?

Bill Archer, LLC's patents average 14.2 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 Bill Archer, 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

Bill Archer, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2021. 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: C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bill ranks #45,171 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#45,171
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.6/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45171 · US Corporation #45,171 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,171/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bifido
CPC-NARROW C01B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2021 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bifido 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 Bill’s 22.6 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 6.2 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Bill Archer · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Bill's Innovation Score is 22.6/100 (11th 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 Bill?

Each dot is one of Bill’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). Bill’s own 14.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bill's grants concentrate

Bill Archer, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Bill sits between Bifido Co., Ltd. and Biocontrol Systems, Inc..

Bifido

5
BIG KAT Buggy

5
Biglever Software

5
Bilab

5
BIO Health Fronti…

5
Bioamber

5
Bioatlantis

5
Biocontrol Systems

5
Bill Archer ◀

5

What this shows Bill holds 5 patents at rank #45,114, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bill

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,114 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01B (Non-metallic Elements)

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

Bill's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bill Archer, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	4	80.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Bill Archer, LLC patent most?

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 5

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 5

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 5

B01D - Separation 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

Top 5 of 5 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

Bill Archer, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bill Archer, LLC's lead technology class is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01B
Ranked #45,171 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bill Archer, LLC against Bifido Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.6/100 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.