Where does Bright Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bright Technologies, LLC ranks #12,851 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 Technologies, LLC hold?

Bright Technologies, LLC holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Bright Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Bright Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.6 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bright Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bright Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is +129% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bright Technologies, LLC's patents?

Bright Technologies, LLC's patents average 15.2 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 Bright Technologies, LLC 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 Technologies, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Bright Technologies, LLC focus on?

Bright Technologies, LLC's top technology area is F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor) with 22 patents, ranking #9 of 244 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bright ranks #12,851 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 21 technology areas.

#12,851
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.6/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: +129%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12851 · US Corporation #12,851 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,851/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Blue Ocean Robotics…
CPC-FOCUS F16G · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +129% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Blue Ocean Robotics, ApS (±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 39.6 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 11.0 pts (28%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 16.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bright · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bright's Innovation Score is 39.6/100 (top 38% 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 15.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bright's grants concentrate

Bright Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 95.7% of grants classified under F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Bright sits between Blue Ocean Robotics, ApS and Centinel Spine, LLC.

Bright's three-year grant acceleration

Bright Technologies, LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Blue Ocean Roboti…

23
Board of Trustees…

23
Branch Banking an…

23
Bridger Photonics

23
Burcon Nutrascien…

23
Camx Power

23
Capsum

23
Centinel Spine

23
Bright ◀

23

What this shows Bright holds 23 patents at rank #12,851, 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 #12,851 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16G (Belts)

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)

40 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Bright Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.3%
2017	2	8.7%
2018	2	8.7%
2019	2	8.7%
2020	10	43.5%
2022	6	26.1%

Which technologies does Bright Technologies, LLC patent most?

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 22

D07B - Ropes OR Cables IN General 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 6

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 5

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 4

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

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 3

B66B - ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways 3

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 2

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

Bright Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bright Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is F16G (Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor), 95.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16G
Ranked #12,851 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bright Technologies, LLC against Blue Ocean Robotics, ApS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.6/100 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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