Where does Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. ranks #16,641 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 Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. hold?

Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.7 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. focus on?

Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 13 patents, ranking #1,106 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Blackbird Technology Holdings, 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 Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 20.0 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 Blackbird Technology Holdings, 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

Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Blackbird ranks #16,641 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 15 technology areas.

#16,641
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.7/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16641 · US Corporation #16,641 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,641/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bioaxial SAS
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bioaxial SAS (±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 Blackbird’s 35.7 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 (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blackbird Technology… · this assignee

36
Nice-systems · near

36
Quaesta Instruments · near

36
Talkdesk · near

36
Shanghai OXi… · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Blackbird's Innovation Score is 35.7/100 (top 49% 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 Blackbird?

Each dot is one of Blackbird’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). Blackbird’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Blackbird's grants concentrate

Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 76.5% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Blackbird sits between BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. and Bright Energy Storage Technologies, LLP.

Bioxcel Therapeut…

17
Bioaxial SAS

17
Biological Innova…

17
Biora Therapeutics

17
Blue Planet Syste…

17
Bluefin Labs

17
Bradken Resources…

17
Bright Energy Sto…

17
Blackbird Technol… ◀

17

What this shows Blackbird holds 17 patents at rank #16,652, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Blackbird

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,652 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Blackbird, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Blackbird ranks #1,106 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Talkdesk, Inc. 36 Nice-systems Ltd. 36 Quaesta Instruments, LLC 36 Shanghai OXi Technology Co., Ltd 36

Blackbird's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	41.2%
2016	6	35.3%
2017	2	11.8%
2019	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 13

H04B - Transmission 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 76.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #16,641 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. against BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.7/100 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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