Where does Blank Acquisition, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Blank Acquisition, LLC ranks #25,895 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 Blank Acquisition, LLC hold?

Blank Acquisition, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Blank Acquisition, LLC's Innovation Score?

Blank Acquisition, LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.1 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Blank Acquisition, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Blank Acquisition, LLC's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Blank Acquisition, LLC's patents?

Blank Acquisition, LLC's patents average 16.0 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 Blank Acquisition, LLC 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

Blank Acquisition, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Blank Acquisition, LLC focus on?

Blank Acquisition, LLC's top technology area is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus) with 6 patents, ranking #56 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Blank ranks #25,895 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 12 technology areas.

#25,895
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25895 · US Corporation #25,895 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,895/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bitro Group
CPC-FOCUS B42D · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bitro Group, 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 Blank’s 30.1 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 8.3 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blank Acquisition · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Blank's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (33rd 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Blank?

Each dot is one of Blank’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). Blank’s own 16.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Blank's grants concentrate

Blank Acquisition, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Blank sits between Bitro Group, Inc. and Bluedata Software, Inc..

Bitro Group

10
Black Gold Pump a…

10
Black Knight IP H…

10
Blanding Hovenweep

10
Blossom Innovatio…

10
Blue Horizons Inn…

10
Blue Skies Global

10
Bluedata Software

10
Blank Acquisition ◀

10

What this shows Blank holds 10 patents at rank #25,915, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Blank

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,915 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B42D (Books)

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

Blank's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Blank Acquisition, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	4	40.0%
2020	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Blank Acquisition, LLC patent most?

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 6

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 3

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 3

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 3

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Blank Acquisition, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Blank Acquisition, LLC's lead technology class is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B42D
Ranked #25,895 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Blank Acquisition, LLC against Bitro Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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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