Where does BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. ranks #22,289 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 BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. hold?

BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc.'s patents?

BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc.'s patents average 16.2 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 BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, 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

BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. focus on?

BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc.'s top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 10 patents, ranking #53 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Blackhawk ranks #22,289 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 8 technology areas.

#22,289
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22289 · US Corporation #22,289 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,289/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biocorp Production S
CPC-NARROW F41A · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biocorp Production S.A.S. (±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 Blackhawk’s 48.6 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 8.9 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 10.0 pts (21%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (20%)

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What this shows Blackhawk's Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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 Blackhawk?

Each dot is one of Blackhawk’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). Blackhawk’s own 16.2 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Blackhawk's grants concentrate

BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Blackhawk sits between Biocorp Production S.A.S. and BlueSky Medical Group Incorporated.

Blackhawk's three-year grant acceleration

BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. shows 9 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.

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What this shows BlackHawk holds 12 patents at rank #22,305, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BlackHawk

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,305 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

Blackhawk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	16.7%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	5	41.7%
2024	2	16.7%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 10

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 7

B23B - TURNING; Boring 4

B23C - Milling 4

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 8 of 8 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

BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #22,289 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BlackHawk Manufacturing Group, Inc. against Biocorp Production S.A.S., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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

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