Where does Bridger Photonics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bridger Photonics, Inc. ranks #12,850 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 Bridger Photonics, Inc. hold?

Bridger Photonics, Inc. holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Bridger Photonics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bridger Photonics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.2 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bridger Photonics, Inc. focus on?

Bridger Photonics, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 12 patents, ranking #1,245 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bridger Photonics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bridger Photonics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bridger Photonics, Inc.'s patents?

Bridger Photonics, Inc.'s patents average 18.9 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 Bridger Photonics, 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

Bridger Photonics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bridger ranks #12,850 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 17 technology areas.

#12,850
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.2/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12850 · US Corporation #12,850 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,850/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Blu Wireless…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Blu Wireless Technology 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 Bridger’s 45.2 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 (24%) Velocity 8.3 pts (18%) Breadth 14.6 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bridger Photonics · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bridger's Innovation Score is 45.2/100 (top 24% 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 Bridger?

Each dot is one of Bridger’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). Bridger’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bridger's grants concentrate

Bridger Photonics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 52.2% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Bridger sits between Blu Wireless Technology Limited and Capsum.

Bridger's three-year grant acceleration

Bridger Photonics, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Blu Wireless Tech…

23
Blue Ocean Roboti…

23
Board of Trustees…

23
Branch Banking an…

23
Bright

23
Burcon Nutrascien…

23
Camx Power

23
Capsum

23
Bridger Photonics ◀

23

What this shows Bridger holds 23 patents at rank #12,850, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bridger

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,850 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Bridger's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Bridger Photonics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	8.7%
2018	1	4.3%
2019	3	13.0%
2020	2	8.7%
2021	3	13.0%
2022	3	13.0%
2023	3	13.0%
2024	4	17.4%
2025partial year	2	8.7%

Which technologies does Bridger Photonics, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 12

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 10

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 9

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 8

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 8

H04B - Transmission 5

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Bridger Photonics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bridger Photonics, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 52.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #12,850 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bridger Photonics, Inc. against Blu Wireless Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.2/100 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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