Where does Black Card LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Black Card LLC ranks #16,640 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 Black Card LLC hold?

Black Card LLC holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Black Card LLC's Innovation Score?

Black Card LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.3 out of 100 (14th 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 Black Card LLC focus on?

Black Card LLC's top technology area is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers) with 3 patents, ranking #667 of 1,953 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Black Card LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Black Card LLC's recent grant velocity is -58% 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 Black Card LLC's patents?

Black Card LLC's patents average 3.2 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 Black Card 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

Black Card LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Black ranks #16,640 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 4 technology areas.

#16,640
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.3/100): 3.2
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16640 · US Corporation #16,640 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,640/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BILL COM
CPC-NARROW G06K · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BILL.COM, LLC (±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 Black’s 24.3 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 (41%) Velocity 5.3 pts (22%) Breadth 7.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 1.9 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Black Card · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Black's Innovation Score is 24.3/100 (14th 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 Black?

Each dot is one of Black’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). Black’s own 3.2 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Black's grants concentrate

Black Card LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 17.6% of grants classified under G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Black sits between BILL.COM, LLC and BP OIL International Limited.

Black's three-year grant acceleration

Black Card LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

BILL COM

17
Billerudkorsnas AB

17
Bioo Scientific

17
Biosceptre (AUST)…

17
Bnsf Logistics

17
Bonac

17
Boston Biomedical

17
BP OIL Internatio…

17
Black Card ◀

17

What this shows Black holds 17 patents at rank #16,632, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Black

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,632 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06K (Graphical Data Reading)

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

Black's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Black Card LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	29.4%
2017	2	11.8%
2018	1	5.9%
2019	4	23.5%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Black Card LLC patent most?

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 3

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Black Card LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Black Card LLC's lead technology class is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers), 17.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06K
Ranked #16,640 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Black Card LLC against BILL.COM, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.3/100 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.