Where does BSN Sports, Llc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BSN Sports, Llc ranks #24,037 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does BSN Sports, Llc hold?

BSN Sports, Llc holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is BSN Sports, Llc's Innovation Score?

BSN Sports, Llc has an Innovation Score of 16.4 out of 100 (top 96% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BSN Sports, Llc focus on?

BSN Sports, Llc's top technology area is A41D (OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is BSN Sports, Llc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BSN Sports, Llc's recent grant velocity is -89% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for BSN Sports, Llc's patents?

BSN Sports, Llc's patents average 4.7 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 BSN Sports, 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

BSN Sports, Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 2 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: A41D (OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BSN ranks #24,037 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 2 technology areas.

#24,037
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 96%
by Innovation Score (16.4/100): 4.7
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24037 · US Corporation #24,037 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,037/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Baker Hughes ESP
CPC-NARROW A41D · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 16.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Baker Hughes ESP, Inc. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
C7th · near

17
IDEA Nuova · near

16
BSN Sports · this assignee

16
Etherwhere · near

16
Floricultura · near

16
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows BSN's Innovation Score is 16.4/100 (top 96% 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.

Where BSN's grants concentrate

BSN Sports, Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 27.3% of grants classified under A41D (OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, BSN sits between Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. KG, Bamberg and Banuba Limited.

Brose Fahrzeugtei…

11
Bruker EAS

11
Bruker JV Israel

11
Bruno Independent…

11
BTM

11
Baker Hughes ESP

11
Banana Bros

11
Banuba

11
BSN Sports ◀

11

What this shows BSN holds 11 patents at rank #23,985, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BSN

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,985 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A41D (Outerwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BSN, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (16 here).

Etherwhere Corporation 16 Floricultura 16 IDEA Nuova, Inc. 16 C7th Limited 17

BSN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

16 Top 96% higher than 4% of 50,000 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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BSN Sports, Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	9.1%
2018	2	18.2%
2019	6	54.5%
2020	1	9.1%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does BSN Sports, Llc patent most?

A41D - OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES 3

A63B - APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT 3

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#24,037

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

16.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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