Where does Bratney Companies rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bratney Companies ranks #45,333 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 Bratney Companies hold?

Bratney Companies holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Bratney Companies's Innovation Score?

Bratney Companies has an Innovation Score of 21.9 out of 100 (9th 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 Bratney Companies focus on?

Bratney Companies's top technology area is B07C (Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking) with 3 patents, ranking #83 of 282 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bratney Companies's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bratney Companies's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Bratney Companies's patents?

Bratney Companies's patents average 11.8 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 Bratney Companies 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

Bratney Companies

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: B07C (Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bratney ranks #45,333 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#45,333
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.9/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45333 · US Corporation #45,333 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,333/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bramwell Brown
CPC-NARROW B07C · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bramwell Brown Limited (±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 Bratney’s 21.9 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 6.2 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Intelliflash BY DDN · near

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Bratney Companies · this assignee

22
Huizhou Dayawan… · near

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Lasko Operations… · near

22
Victoria's Secret… · near

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Bratney's Innovation Score is 21.9/100 (9th 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 Bratney?

Each dot is one of Bratney’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). Bratney’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bratney's grants concentrate

Bratney Companies is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B07C (Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Bratney sits between Bramwell Brown Limited and Brehmer Manufacturing, Inc..

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What this shows Bratney holds 5 patents at rank #45,365, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bratney

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,365 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B07C (Postal Sorting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bratney, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B07C (Postal Sorting), Bratney ranks #83 of 282 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (22 here).

Huizhou Dayawan Ever Bright Electronic Industry Co 22 Lasko Operations Holdings LLC 22 Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management, LLC 22 Intelliflash BY DDN, Inc. 22

Bratney's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bratney Companies patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	60.0%
2016	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Bratney Companies patent most?

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 1

F23L - Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues 1

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Bratney Companies's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bratney Companies's lead technology class is B07C (Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B07C
Ranked #45,333 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bratney Companies against Bramwell Brown Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.9/100 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

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