Where does Brown Innovation, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Brown Innovation, LLC ranks #17,517 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 Brown Innovation, LLC hold?

Brown Innovation, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Brown Innovation, LLC's Innovation Score?

Brown Innovation, LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.9 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Brown Innovation, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Brown Innovation, LLC's recent grant velocity is +120% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Brown Innovation, LLC's patents?

Brown Innovation, LLC's patents average 18.8 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 Brown Innovation, 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

Brown Innovation, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Brown Innovation, LLC focus on?

Brown Innovation, LLC's top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 8 patents, ranking #786 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Brown ranks #17,517 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 10 technology areas.

#17,517
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.9/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +120%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17517 · US Corporation #17,517 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,517/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Branson Ultrasonics
CPC-FOCUS A61F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +120% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Branson Ultrasonics Corporation (±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 Brown’s 38.9 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 9.8 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 11.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Brown Innovation · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Brown's Innovation Score is 38.9/100 (top 40% 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 Brown?

Each dot is one of Brown’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). Brown’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Brown's grants concentrate

Brown Innovation, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Brown sits between Branson Ultrasonics Corporation and Canatu OY.

Brown's three-year grant acceleration

Brown Innovation, LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Branson Ultrasoni…

16
Breakthrough Perf…

16
Bren-tronics

16
Broadridge Fixed…

16
Bruker

16
Calzaturificio S…

16
Cambridge GAN Dev…

16
Canatu OY

16
Brown Innovation ◀

16

What this shows Brown holds 16 patents at rank #17,522, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Brown

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,522 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Brown's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Brown Innovation, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	6.3%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	4	25.0%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	3	18.8%

Which technologies does Brown Innovation, LLC patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 8

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 5

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 5

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 5

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 3

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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Brown Innovation, LLC's lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #17,517 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Brown Innovation, LLC against Branson Ultrasonics Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.9/100 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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