Where does Braiform (HK) Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Braiform (HK) Limited ranks #31,080 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 Braiform (HK) Limited hold?

Braiform (HK) Limited holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Braiform (HK) Limited's Innovation Score?

Braiform (HK) Limited has an Innovation Score of 18.4 out of 100 (5th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Braiform (HK) Limited focus on?

Braiform (HK) Limited's top technology area is A47G (Household OR Table Equipment) with 4 patents, ranking #120 of 709 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Braiform (HK) Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Braiform (HK) Limited's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Braiform (HK) Limited's patents?

Braiform (HK) Limited's patents average 7.8 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 Braiform (HK) 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

Braiform (HK) Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: A47G (Household OR Table Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Braiform ranks #31,080 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 3 technology areas.

#31,080
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.4/100): 7.8
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31080 · Foreign Corporation #31,080 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,080/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bottero S P A
CPC-NARROW A47G · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bottero 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 Braiform’s 18.4 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 7.6 pts (41%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (33%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
7rdd · near

18
Toothshower · near

18
Braiform (HK) · this assignee

18
J & R Household · near

18
Eden Collection B V · near

18
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Braiform's Innovation Score is 18.4/100 (5th 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 Braiform?

Each dot is one of Braiform’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). Braiform’s own 7.8 claims/patent is at or below the 12.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Braiform's grants concentrate

Braiform (HK) Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A47G (Household OR Table Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Braiform sits between Bottero S.P.A. and Bruker HTS GMBH.

Bottero S P A

8
Bouygues Travaux…

8
BPC LG 2

8
BPG Sales and Tec…

8
Bran-new Internat…

8
British American…

8
Broadpeak

8
Bruker HTS

8
Braiform (HK) ◀

8

What this shows Braiform holds 8 patents at rank #31,017, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Braiform

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,017 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47G (Household OR Table Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Braiform, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47G (Household OR Table Equipment), Braiform ranks #120 of 709 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (18 here).

J & R Household Co., Ltd. 18 Toothshower, LLC 18 7rdd Limited 18 Eden Collection B.V. 18

Braiform's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Braiform (HK) Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	12.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2019	4	50.0%
2020	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Braiform (HK) Limited patent most?

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Braiform (HK) Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Braiform (HK) Limited's lead technology class is A47G (Household OR Table Equipment), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47G
Ranked #31,080 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Braiform (HK) Limited against Bottero S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.4/100 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.