Where does Bowtech, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bowtech, LLC ranks #17,508 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 Bowtech, LLC hold?

Bowtech, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Bowtech, LLC's Innovation Score?

Bowtech, LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.7 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Bowtech, LLC's recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Bowtech, LLC's patents?

Bowtech, LLC's patents average 23.0 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 Bowtech, 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

Bowtech, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Bowtech, LLC focus on?

Bowtech, LLC's top technology area is F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 15 patents, ranking #14 of 154 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 5 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: F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bowtech ranks #17,508 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 5 technology areas.

#17,508
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.7/100): 23.0
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17508 · US Corporation #17,508 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,508/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bisio Progetti S P A
CPC-NARROW F41B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bisio Progetti S.P.A. (±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 Bowtech’s 33.7 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 9.8 pts (29%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 7.9 pts (23%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bowtech · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bowtech's Innovation Score is 33.7/100 (45th 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 Bowtech?

Each dot is one of Bowtech’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). Bowtech’s own 23.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bowtech's grants concentrate

Bowtech, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Bowtech sits between Bisio Progetti S.P.A. and Brunson Instrument Company.

Bowtech's three-year grant acceleration

Bowtech, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Bisio Progetti S…

16
Bitmicro

16
Bosch Security Sy…

16
BOW River

16
Brahm Holdings

16
Bread Financial P…

16
Brivaplast S R L

16
Brunson Instrument

16
Bowtech ◀

16

What this shows Bowtech holds 16 patents at rank #17,493, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bowtech

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,493 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive…)

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

Bowtech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% 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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Bowtech, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	18.8%
2016	5	31.3%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	2	12.5%
2020	1	6.3%
2022	1	6.3%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Bowtech, LLC patent most?

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

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

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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

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

Bowtech, LLC's lead technology class is F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41B
Ranked #17,508 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bowtech, LLC against Bisio Progetti S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.7/100 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

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