Where does Brady Worldwide, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Brady Worldwide, Inc. ranks #4,078 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 Brady Worldwide, Inc. hold?

Brady Worldwide, Inc. holds 88 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 59 technology areas.

What is Brady Worldwide, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Brady Worldwide, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.5 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Brady Worldwide, Inc. focus on?

Brady Worldwide, Inc.'s top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs) with 13 patents, ranking #80 of 815 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 59 CPC subclasses total.

Is Brady Worldwide, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Brady Worldwide, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +3% 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 Brady Worldwide, Inc.'s patents?

Brady Worldwide, Inc.'s patents average 13.8 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 Brady Worldwide, 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

Brady Worldwide, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 88 granted patents across 59 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: E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Brady ranks #4,078 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 88 patents across 59 technology areas.

#4,078
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.5/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4078 · US Corporation #4,078 · 88 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 88 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,078/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aerohive Networks
CPC-WIDE E05B · 59 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aerohive Networks, 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 Brady’s 57.5 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 15.5 pts (27%) Velocity 8.8 pts (15%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Niagara Bottling · near

58
Saes Getters S P A · near

58
AGC Vidros DO… · near

58
Brady Worldwide · this assignee

58
New Jersey Institute… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Brady's Innovation Score is 57.5/100 (top 5% 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 Brady?

Each dot is one of Brady’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). Brady’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Brady's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Brady Worldwide, Inc. received 41 grants versus 40 in 2015–2019 (+3% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 16 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 2. Lead class E05B accounts for 14.8% of the portfolio across 59 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Aerohive Networks, Inc. (#4,074) and Glycom A/S (#4,082).

Brady's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Brady Worldwide, Inc. moved from 22 to 29 grants (1.32x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Aerohive Networks

88
Altman Specialty…

88
American Air Liqu…

88
Blackhawk Network

88
Dwango

88
Derrick

88
Fositek

88
Glycom A/S

88
Brady Worldwide ◀

88

What this shows Brady holds 88 patents at rank #4,078, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Brady

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,078 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Brady, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E05B (Locks), Brady ranks #80 of 815 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

New Jersey Institute of Technology 58 AGC Vidros DO Brasil Ltda 58 Niagara Bottling, LLC 58 Saes Getters S.P.A. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.8 here).

Faraday Technology Corp. 13.8 avg Federal-Mogul LLC 13.8 avg Solo Brands, LLC 13.8 avg Windmöller & Hölscher KG 13.8 avg

Brady's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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.

View data table

Brady Worldwide, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	18.2%
2016	4	4.5%
2017	2	2.3%
2018	8	9.1%
2019	10	11.4%
2020	7	8.0%
2021	5	5.7%
2022	12	13.6%
2023	5	5.7%
2024	12	13.6%
2025partial year	7	8.0%

Which technologies does Brady Worldwide, Inc. patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 13

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 12

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 11

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 7

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 7

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 5

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 3

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 3

Top 15 of 59 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

Brady Worldwide, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Brady Worldwide, Inc.'s lead technology class is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs), 14.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05B
Ranked #4,078 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Brady Worldwide, Inc. against Aerohive Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.5/100 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.