Where does Buckeye Brine, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Buckeye Brine, LLC ranks #45,372 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 Buckeye Brine, LLC hold?

Buckeye Brine, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2020, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Buckeye Brine, LLC's Innovation Score?

Buckeye Brine, LLC has an Innovation Score of 20.5 out of 100 (7th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Buckeye Brine, LLC focus on?

Buckeye Brine, LLC's top technology area is B09B (Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 5 patents, ranking #22 of 170 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Buckeye Brine, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Buckeye Brine, LLC's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Buckeye Brine, LLC's patents?

Buckeye Brine, LLC's patents average 10.6 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 Buckeye Brine, 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

Buckeye Brine, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2020. 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: B09B (Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Buckeye ranks #45,372 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#45,372
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.5/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45372 · US Corporation #45,372 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,372/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bruker Optics & KG
CPC-NARROW B09B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG (±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 Buckeye’s 20.5 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 (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (39%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Buckeye Brine · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Buckeye's Innovation Score is 20.5/100 (7th percentile 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 Buckeye?

Each dot is one of Buckeye’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). Buckeye’s own 10.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Buckeye's grants concentrate

Buckeye Brine, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B09B (Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Buckeye sits between Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG and Buffalo Memory Co., Ltd..

Bruker Optics & KG

5
BSE

5
Btech

5
Buck Knives

5
Buckeye Internati…

5
Buckle Brands

5
Buckyball Mobile

5
Buffalo Memory

5
Buckeye Brine ◀

5

What this shows Buckeye holds 5 patents at rank #45,203, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Buckeye

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,203 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B09B (Disposal OF Solid Waste)

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

Buckeye's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Buckeye Brine, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	80.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Buckeye Brine, LLC patent most?

B09B - Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 5

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 5

B01D - Separation 5

Top 5 of 5 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

Buckeye Brine, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Buckeye Brine, LLC's lead technology class is B09B (Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B09B
Ranked #45,372 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Buckeye Brine, LLC against Bruker Optics GMBH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.5/100 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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