Where does Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. ranks #15,864 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 Diamond Equipment, Ltd. hold?

Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 44.0 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 Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. focus on?

Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.'s top technology area is A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving) with 7 patents, ranking #29 of 266 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Diamond Equipment, Ltd.'s patents?

Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.'s patents average 17.7 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 Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. 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 Diamond Equipment, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Black ranks #15,864 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 14 technology areas.

#15,864
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (44.0/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15864 · US Corporation #15,864 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,864/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Berry Genetics
CPC-FOCUS A62B · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Berry Genetics, 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 Black’s 44.0 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 10.2 pts (23%) Velocity 10.0 pts (23%) Breadth 13.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Black Diamond… · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Black's Innovation Score is 44.0/100 (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 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 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Black's grants concentrate

Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 38.9% of grants classified under A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Black sits between Berry Genetics, Inc. and Breg, Inc..

Black's three-year grant acceleration

Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. shows 3 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.

Berry Genetics

18
Binx Health

18
Biosplice Therape…

18
Biolitec Pharma M…

18
Blue Coat Systems

18
Bohning

18
Brainscope

18
Breg

18
Black Diamond Equ… ◀

18

What this shows Black holds 18 patents at rank #15,868, 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 #15,868 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A62B (Devices)

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)

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 · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	27.8%
2016	5	27.8%
2017	1	5.6%
2018	2	11.1%
2021	2	11.1%
2022	2	11.1%
2024	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. patent most?

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 7

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 7

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 1

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

E01H - Street CLEANING; Cleaning OF Permanent WAYS; Cleaning BEACHES; Dispersing ; OR PREVENTING; FOG IN General ; Cleaning Street OR Railway Furniture OR Tunnel Walls 1

H04B - Transmission 1

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.'s lead technology class is A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving), 38.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A62B
Ranked #15,864 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. against Berry Genetics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.0/100 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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