Where does Bowman International Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bowman International Limited ranks #28,284 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 Bowman International Limited hold?

Bowman International Limited holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Bowman International Limited's Innovation Score?

Bowman International Limited has an Innovation Score of 23.7 out of 100 (13th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bowman International Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bowman International Limited's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Bowman International Limited's patents?

Bowman International Limited's patents average 17.9 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 Bowman International Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

Bowman International Limited

Q: What technology areas does Bowman International Limited focus on?

Bowman International Limited's top technology area is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings) with 9 patents, ranking #127 of 1,334 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bowman ranks #28,284 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 2 technology areas.

#28,284
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.7/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28284 · Foreign Corporation #28,284 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,284/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bolt Financial
CPC-NARROW F16C · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bolt Financial, 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 Bowman’s 23.7 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 8.0 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (21%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Bowman International · this assignee

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Reckitt Benckiser… · near

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LiteIdeas · near

24
Scepter Manufacturing · near

24
Steiner eOPTICS · near

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Bowman's Innovation Score is 23.7/100 (13th 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 Bowman?

Each dot is one of Bowman’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). Bowman’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bowman's grants concentrate

Bowman International Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Bowman sits between Bolt Financial, Inc. and Brandenburger Patentverwertung GbR.

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What this shows Bowman holds 9 patents at rank #28,299, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bowman

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,299 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16C (Shafts)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bowman, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16C (Shafts), Bowman ranks #127 of 1,334 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (24 here).

Reckitt Benckiser Health Limited 24 Scepter Manufacturing, LLC. 24 LiteIdeas, LLC 24 Steiner eOPTICS, Inc. 24

Bowman's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

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

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Bowman International Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	11.1%
2019	3	33.3%
2020	3	33.3%
2021	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Bowman International Limited patent most?

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 9

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 8

Top 2 of 2 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

Bowman International Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bowman International Limited's lead technology class is F16C (SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16C
Ranked #28,284 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bowman International Limited against Bolt Financial, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.7/100 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.