Where does Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC ranks #11,945 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 Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC hold?

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.4 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC focus on?

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 25 patents, ranking #1,145 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC's recent grant velocity is -15% 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 Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC's patents?

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC's patents average 17.5 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 Bluefin Payment Systems, 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

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bluefin ranks #11,945 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 5 technology areas.

#11,945
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.4/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11945 · US Corporation #11,945 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #11,945/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BioCardia
CPC-NARROW H04L · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BioCardia 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 Bluefin’s 33.4 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 11.3 pts (34%) Velocity 3.7 pts (11%) Breadth 7.9 pts (24%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zimmer Dental · near

33
Bluefin Payment… · this assignee

33
KCM · near

33
Cnex Labs · near

33
Shimano Components… · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bluefin's Innovation Score is 33.4/100 (44th 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 Bluefin?

Each dot is one of Bluefin’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). Bluefin’s own 17.5 claims/patent is at or below the 20.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bluefin's grants concentrate

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Bluefin sits between BioCardia Inc. and C. Rob. Hammerstein GmbH & Co. KG.

Bluefin's three-year grant acceleration

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Biocardia

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Blue Current

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Blue Danube Syste…

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Blue Origin Manuf…

25
Brelyon

25
Brentwood Industr…

25
Brightview

25
C Rob Hammerstein…

25
Bluefin Payment S… ◀

25

What this shows Bluefin holds 25 patents at rank #11,948, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bluefin

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,948 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bluefin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Bluefin ranks #1,145 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

KCM Corporation 33 Cnex Labs, Inc. 33 Zimmer Dental, Inc. 33 Shimano Components (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. 33

Bluefin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	16.0%
2017	2	8.0%
2018	4	16.0%
2019	3	12.0%
2020	4	16.0%
2021	2	8.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2023	1	4.0%
2024	3	12.0%
2025partial year	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 25

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 24

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 22

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 20

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 3

Top 5 of 5 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

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #11,945 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bluefin Payment Systems, LLC against BioCardia Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.4/100 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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