Where does Branch Banking and Trust Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Branch Banking and Trust Company ranks #12,848 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 Branch Banking and Trust Company hold?

Branch Banking and Trust Company holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Branch Banking and Trust Company's Innovation Score?

Branch Banking and Trust Company has an Innovation Score of 27.8 out of 100 (25th 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 Branch Banking and Trust Company focus on?

Branch Banking and Trust Company's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 9 patents, ranking #3,920 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Branch Banking and Trust Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Branch Banking and Trust Company'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 Branch Banking and Trust Company's patents?

Branch Banking and Trust Company's patents average 12.4 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 Branch Banking and Trust Company 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

Branch Banking and Trust Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Branch ranks #12,848 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 7 technology areas.

#12,848
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.8/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12848 · US Corporation #12,848 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,848/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BladeLogic
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BladeLogic, 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 Branch’s 27.8 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 11.0 pts (39%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (27%)

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What this shows Branch's Innovation Score is 27.8/100 (25th 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 Branch?

Each dot is one of Branch’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). Branch’s own 12.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Branch's grants concentrate

Branch Banking and Trust Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 39.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, Branch sits between BladeLogic, Inc. and Camx Power, LLC.

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What this shows Branch holds 23 patents at rank #12,849, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Branch

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,849 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Branch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Branch Banking and Trust Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	17.4%
2018	7	30.4%
2019	9	39.1%
2020	3	13.0%

Which technologies does Branch Banking and Trust Company patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Branch Banking and Trust Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Branch Banking and Trust Company's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 39.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #12,848 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Branch Banking and Trust Company against BladeLogic, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.8/100 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.