Where does Bridgestone Americas, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bridgestone Americas, Inc. ranks #45,340 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 Bridgestone Americas, Inc. hold?

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Bridgestone Americas, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.4 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bridgestone Americas, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bridgestone Americas, Inc.'s patents?

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Bridgestone Americas, 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

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Bridgestone Americas, Inc. focus on?

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.'s top technology area is B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres) with 2 patents, ranking #166 of 319 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bridgestone ranks #45,340 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 11 technology areas.

#45,340
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.4/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45340 · US Corporation #45,340 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,340/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BreakThrough…
CPC-FOCUS B60C · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BreakThrough Innovations, LLC (±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 Bridgestone’s 49.4 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 6.2 pts (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 11.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bridgestone Americas · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bridgestone's Innovation Score is 49.4/100 (top 15% 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 Bridgestone?

Each dot is one of Bridgestone’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). Bridgestone’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bridgestone's grants concentrate

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Bridgestone sits between BreakThrough Innovations, LLC and Brighton Technologies, LLC.

Bridgestone's three-year grant acceleration

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Breakthrough Inno…

5
Breast-med

5
Brechtel Manufact…

5
Brehmer Manufactu…

5
Bridgewater Syste…

5
Bright Box Labs

5
Bright House Netw…

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Brighton

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What this shows Bridgestone holds 5 patents at rank #45,370, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bridgestone

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,370 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60C (Vehicle Tyres)

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

Bridgestone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Bridgestone Americas, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	2	40.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Bridgestone Americas, Inc. patent most?

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60C (Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60C
Ranked #45,340 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bridgestone Americas, Inc. against BreakThrough Innovations, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.4/100 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

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