Where does Blue Force Gear, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Blue Force Gear, Inc. ranks #10,560 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 Blue Force Gear, Inc. hold?

Blue Force Gear, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Blue Force Gear, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Blue Force Gear, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.6 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Blue Force Gear, Inc. focus on?

Blue Force Gear, Inc.'s top technology area is F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor) with 15 patents, ranking #8 of 225 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Blue Force Gear, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Blue Force Gear, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +36% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Blue Force Gear, Inc.'s patents?

Blue Force Gear, Inc.'s patents average 14.1 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 Blue Force Gear, 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

Blue Force Gear, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Blue ranks #10,560 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 13 technology areas.

#10,560
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.6/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: +36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10560 · US Corporation #10,560 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,560/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Barclays Execution…
CPC-FOCUS F41C · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Barclays Execution Services 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.

How Blue’s 39.6 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 11.7 pts (30%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 12.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blue Force Gear · this assignee

40
Kilopass Technology · near

40
LifeAire Systems · near

40
Nordex Energy · near

40
Solidia · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Blue's Innovation Score is 39.6/100 (top 38% 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 Blue?

Each dot is one of Blue’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). Blue’s own 14.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Blue's grants concentrate

Blue Force Gear, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 51.7% of grants classified under F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Blue sits between Bionano Genomics, Inc. and C.N.R.S..

Blue's three-year grant acceleration

Blue Force Gear, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Bionano Genomics

29
Bonoli S R L

29
Barclays Executio…

29
Bear Robotics

29
Bote

29
Brain Tunnelgenix

29
British Broadcast…

29
C N R S

29
Blue Force Gear ◀

29

What this shows Blue holds 29 patents at rank #10,562, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Blue

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,562 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41C (Smallarms)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Blue, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41C (Smallarms), Blue ranks #8 of 225 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Kilopass Technology, Inc. 40 Nordex Energy GmbH 40 Solidia Technologies, Inc. 40 LifeAire Systems, LLC 40

Blue's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Blue Force Gear, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.9%
2016	4	13.8%
2017	2	6.9%
2018	2	6.9%
2019	1	3.4%
2020	3	10.3%
2021	4	13.8%
2022	1	3.4%
2023	2	6.9%
2024	5	17.2%
2025partial year	3	10.3%

Which technologies does Blue Force Gear, Inc. patent most?

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 15

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 10

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 9

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 3

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 2

F42D - Blasting 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 1

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

A41F - Garment FASTENINGS; Suspenders 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Blue Force Gear, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Blue Force Gear, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor), 51.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41C
Ranked #10,560 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Blue Force Gear, Inc. against Bionano Genomics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.6/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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