Where does Blackpowder Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Blackpowder Products, Inc. ranks #22,290 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 Blackpowder Products, Inc. hold?

Blackpowder Products, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Blackpowder Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Blackpowder Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Blackpowder Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Blackpowder Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Blackpowder Products, Inc.'s patents?

Blackpowder Products, Inc.'s patents average 17.2 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 Blackpowder Products, 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

Blackpowder Products, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Blackpowder Products, Inc. focus on?

Blackpowder Products, 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 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 6 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: 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, Blackpowder ranks #22,290 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 6 technology areas.

#22,290
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22290 · US Corporation #22,290 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,290/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biosphere Aerospace
CPC-NARROW F41A · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biosphere Aerospace, 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 Blackpowder’s 47.8 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 (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 8.7 pts (18%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Blackpowder Products · this assignee

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What this shows Blackpowder's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 Blackpowder?

Each dot is one of Blackpowder’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). Blackpowder’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Blackpowder's grants concentrate

Blackpowder Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 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 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Blackpowder sits between Biosphere Aerospace, LLC and Bohle AG.

Blackpowder's three-year grant acceleration

Blackpowder Products, Inc. shows 7 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.

Biosphere Aerospa…

12
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12
Blackhawk Manufac…

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Blackrock

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Blauer Manufactur…

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Bodygram

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Bohle

12
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12

What this shows Blackpowder holds 12 patents at rank #22,307, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Blackpowder

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,307 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Blackpowder's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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Blackpowder Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	3	25.0%
2024	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Blackpowder Products, Inc. patent most?

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

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 6

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 2

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Blackpowder Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Blackpowder Products, 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 #22,290 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Blackpowder Products, Inc. against Biosphere Aerospace, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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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