Where does Bolt Threads, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bolt Threads, Inc. ranks #11,578 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 Bolt Threads, Inc. hold?

Bolt Threads, Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Bolt Threads, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bolt Threads, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.9 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%).

What technology areas does Bolt Threads, Inc. focus on?

Bolt Threads, Inc.'s top technology area is C07K (Peptides) with 20 patents, ranking #490 of 3,615 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bolt Threads, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bolt Threads, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +533% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bolt Threads, Inc.'s patents?

Bolt Threads, Inc.'s patents average 20.2 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 Bolt Threads, 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

Bolt Threads, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: C07K (Peptides).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bolt ranks #11,578 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 21 technology areas.

#11,578
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.9/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: +533%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11578 · US Corporation #11,578 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,578/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bard Shannon
CPC-FOCUS C07K · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +533% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bard Shannon 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 Bolt’s 47.9 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 11.4 pts (24%) Velocity 8.1 pts (17%) Breadth 16.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bolt Threads · this assignee

48
E SOLUTIONS · near

48
Epiroc Rock Drills… · near

48
Fivetech Technology · near

48
Shenzhen Mindray… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bolt's Innovation Score is 47.9/100 (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 Bolt?

Each dot is one of Bolt’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). Bolt’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bolt's grants concentrate

Bolt Threads, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 76.9% of grants classified under C07K (Peptides). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Bolt sits between Best Technologies, Inc. and Bard Shannon Limited.

Bolt's three-year grant acceleration

Bolt Threads, Inc. shows 11 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.

Best

26
Beumer Group & KG

26
Bixolon

26
Black Donuts Engi…

26
Braemar Manufactu…

26
Bristol

26
Bullfrog Internat…

26
Bard Shannon

26
Bolt Threads ◀

26

What this shows Bolt holds 26 patents at rank #11,572, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bolt

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,572 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07K (Peptides)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bolt, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07K (Peptides), Bolt ranks #490 of 3,615 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

E.SOLUTIONS GMBH 48 Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag 48 Shenzhen Mindray Scientific Co., Ltd. 48 Fivetech Technology Inc. 48

Bolt'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 · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Bolt Threads, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	7.7%
2019	1	3.8%
2020	2	7.7%
2021	6	23.1%
2022	6	23.1%
2023	2	7.7%
2024	3	11.5%
2025partial year	4	15.4%

Which technologies does Bolt Threads, Inc. patent most?

C07K - Peptides 20

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 15

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 10

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 8

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 8

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 7

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 7

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 7

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 5

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 4

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

D06N - Wall, Floor, OR Like Covering Materials, e.g. Linoleum, Oilcloth, Artificial Leather, Roofing Felt, Consisting OF A Fibrous WEB Coated With A Layer OF Macromolecular MATERIAL; Flexible Sheet Material NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C12Y - Enzymes 2

D04B - Knitting 2

Top 15 of 21 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

Bolt Threads, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bolt Threads, Inc.'s lead technology class is C07K (Peptides), 76.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07K
Ranked #11,578 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bolt Threads, Inc. against Best Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.