Where does Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. ranks #13,896 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 Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. hold?

Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.6 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. focus on?

Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 13 patents, ranking #2,953 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -42% 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 Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents?

Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents average 14.9 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 Bretford Manufacturing, 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

Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 21 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bretford ranks #13,896 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 21 technology areas.

#13,896
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.6/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13896 · US Corporation #13,896 · 21 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #13,896/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bonraybio
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bonraybio Co., Ltd. (±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 Bretford’s 40.6 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 10.7 pts (26%) Velocity 4.8 pts (12%) Breadth 16.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alios Biopharma · near

41
Bretford Manufacturing · this assignee

41
Chang Gung Memorial… · near

41
Flint Group Germany · near

41
GeoFrenzy · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bretford's Innovation Score is 40.6/100 (top 35% 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 Bretford?

Each dot is one of Bretford’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). Bretford’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bretford's grants concentrate

Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 61.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Bretford sits between Bonraybio Co., Ltd. and Cciip LLC.

Bretford's three-year grant acceleration

Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Bonraybio

21
Bovie Medical

21
Brainwave Research

21
Branson Ultrascha…

21
Butler Home Produ…

21
Carlisle Construc…

21
CCC Information S…

21
Cciip

21
Bretford Manufact… ◀

21

What this shows Bretford holds 21 patents at rank #13,898, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bretford

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,898 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bretford, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Bretford ranks #2,953 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Flint Group Germany GmbH 41 Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 41 Alios Biopharma, Inc. 41 GeoFrenzy, Inc. 41

Bretford's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% 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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Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	9.5%
2016	2	9.5%
2017	1	4.8%
2018	2	9.5%
2019	5	23.8%
2020	2	9.5%
2022	3	14.3%
2023	1	4.8%
2024	1	4.8%
2025partial year	2	9.5%

Which technologies does Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 9

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

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

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 3

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 3

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 61.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #13,896 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bretford Manufacturing, Inc. against Bonraybio Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.6/100 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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