Where does Black Rapid, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Black Rapid, Inc. ranks #45,237 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 Rapid, Inc. hold?

Black Rapid, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Black Rapid, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Black Rapid, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 20.0 out of 100 (6th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Black Rapid, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Rapid, Inc.'s patents?

Black Rapid, Inc.'s patents average 9.8 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 Rapid, 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

Black Rapid, Inc.

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

Black Rapid, Inc.'s top technology area is G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Black ranks #45,237 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#45,237
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.0/100): 9.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45237 · US Corporation #45,237 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,237/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BitFury Group
CPC-NARROW G03B · 5 areas
INNOV-LOW 20.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BitFury Group Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Black Rapid · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Black's Innovation Score is 20.0/100 (6th 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.

Where Black's grants concentrate

Black Rapid, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Black sits between BitFury Group Limited and Blackstar Corp..

Bitfury Group

5
Bittorrent

5
Bizconn Internati…

5
Bizagi Group

5
Blackboard

5
Blacklidge Emulsi…

5
Blackpoint Holdin…

5
Blackstar

5
Black Rapid ◀

5

What this shows Black holds 5 patents at rank #45,313, 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 #45,313 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR P…)

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)

20 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

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 Rapid, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	60.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Black Rapid, Inc. patent most?

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 3

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

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 1

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#45,237

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Black Rapid, Inc.'s lead technology class is G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03B
Ranked #45,237 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 20.0/100 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

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.