Where does Bnsf Logistics, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bnsf Logistics, LLC ranks #16,644 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 Bnsf Logistics, LLC hold?

Bnsf Logistics, LLC holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Bnsf Logistics, LLC's Innovation Score?

Bnsf Logistics, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.3 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bnsf Logistics, LLC focus on?

Bnsf Logistics, LLC's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 12 patents, ranking #1,089 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bnsf Logistics, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bnsf Logistics, LLC's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bnsf Logistics, LLC's patents?

Bnsf Logistics, LLC's patents average 19.1 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 Bnsf Logistics, 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

Bnsf Logistics, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 10 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bnsf ranks #16,644 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 10 technology areas.

#16,644
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.3/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16644 · US Corporation #16,644 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,644/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Billerudkorsnas AB
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Billerudkorsnas AB (±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 Bnsf’s 39.3 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 10.0 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 11.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eni-jr286 · near

39
Autoliv Nissin… · near

39
Bnsf Logistics · this assignee

39
Jdrf Electromag… · near

39
VDyne · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bnsf's Innovation Score is 39.3/100 (top 39% 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 Bnsf?

Each dot is one of Bnsf’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). Bnsf’s own 19.1 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.

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

Where Bnsf's grants concentrate

Bnsf Logistics, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 70.6% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Bnsf sits between Billerudkorsnas AB and Bricsys NV.

Bnsf's three-year grant acceleration

Bnsf Logistics, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Billerudkorsnas AB

17
Bioo Scientific

17
Biosceptre (AUST)…

17
Black Card

17
Bonac

17
Boston Biomedical

17
BP OIL Internatio…

17
Bricsys

17
Bnsf Logistics ◀

17

What this shows Bnsf holds 17 patents at rank #16,633, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bnsf

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,633 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bnsf, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Bnsf ranks #1,089 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Jdrf Electromag Engineering Inc. 39 VDyne, Inc. 39 Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd. 39 Eni-jr286, Inc. 39

Bnsf's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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.

View data table

Bnsf Logistics, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.9%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	2	11.8%
2024	1	5.9%
2025partial year	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Bnsf Logistics, LLC patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 12

F03D - Wind Motors 12

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 9

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 9

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 8

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Bnsf Logistics, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bnsf Logistics, LLC's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 70.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #16,644 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bnsf Logistics, LLC against Billerudkorsnas AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.3/100 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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