Where does Bright Machines, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bright Machines, Inc. ranks #18,456 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 Bright Machines, Inc. hold?

Bright Machines, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Bright Machines, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bright Machines, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.7 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bright Machines, Inc. focus on?

Bright Machines, Inc.'s top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 7 patents, ranking #263 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bright Machines, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Bright Machines, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Bright Machines, Inc.'s patents?

Bright Machines, Inc.'s patents average 19.9 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 Bright Machines, 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

Bright Machines, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bright ranks #18,456 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 12 technology areas.

#18,456
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (53.7/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18456 · US Corporation #18,456 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,456/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bittium Biosignals Oy
CPC-FOCUS B25J · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bittium Biosignals Oy (±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 Bright’s 53.7 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 9.6 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 12.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bright Machines · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bright's Innovation Score is 53.7/100 (top 8% 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 Bright?

Each dot is one of Bright’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). Bright’s own 19.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bright's grants concentrate

Bright Machines, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 46.7% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Bright sits between Bittium Biosignals Oy and C.C. Jensen A/S.

Bright's three-year grant acceleration

Bright Machines, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Bittium Biosignal…

15
Bluefin Biomedici…

15
Bottlekeeper

15
Brane Audio

15
Brightwell Dispen…

15
Broadridge Financ…

15
Brock University

15
C C Jensen A/S

15
Bright Machines ◀

15

What this shows Bright holds 15 patents at rank #18,455, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bright

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,455 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Bright's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bright Machines, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	6.7%
2022	2	13.3%
2023	3	20.0%
2024	5	33.3%
2025partial year	4	26.7%

Which technologies does Bright Machines, Inc. patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

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 2

Top 12 of 12 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

Bright Machines, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bright Machines, Inc.'s lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 46.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #18,456 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bright Machines, Inc. against Bittium Biosignals Oy, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.7/100 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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