Where does Buckhorn Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Buckhorn Inc. ranks #24,039 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 Buckhorn Inc. hold?

Buckhorn Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Buckhorn Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Buckhorn Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.0 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Buckhorn Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Buckhorn Inc.'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 Buckhorn Inc.'s patents?

Buckhorn Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 Buckhorn 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

Buckhorn Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Buckhorn Inc. focus on?

Buckhorn Inc.'s top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 9 patents, ranking #386 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Buckhorn ranks #24,039 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 13 technology areas.

#24,039
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.0/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24039 · US Corporation #24,039 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,039/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BrightSource…
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BrightSource Industries (Israel), Ltd. (±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 Buckhorn’s 32.0 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 8.6 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Buckhorn · this assignee

32
Houzz · near

32
IH IP Holdings · near

32
Nanobit Tech · near

32
Universal Diagnostics · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Buckhorn's Innovation Score is 32.0/100 (40th 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 Buckhorn?

Each dot is one of Buckhorn’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). Buckhorn’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Buckhorn's grants concentrate

Buckhorn Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Buckhorn sits between BrightSource Industries (Israel), Ltd. and Cable FIX LLC.

Brightsource Indu…

11
Brilliant Labs Pr…

11
Broder Bros

11
Brownmed

11
Bytemark

11
C-media

11
C H &I

11
Cable FIX

11
Buckhorn ◀

11

What this shows Buckhorn holds 11 patents at rank #24,037, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Buckhorn

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,037 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Buckhorn, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials), Buckhorn ranks #386 of 3,365 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Nanobit Tech. Co., Ltd. 32 IH IP Holdings Limited 32 Houzz, Inc. 32 Universal Diagnostics, S.A. 32

Buckhorn's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Buckhorn Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	2	18.2%
2018	2	18.2%
2019	3	27.3%
2021	2	18.2%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Buckhorn Inc. patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 9

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 2

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

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 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 1

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 1

B44B - Machines, Apparatus OR Tools FOR Artistic Work, e.g. FOR Sculpturing, Guilloching, Carving, Branding, Inlaying 1

A01J - Manufacture OF Dairy Products 1

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 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

Top 13 of 13 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

Buckhorn Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Buckhorn Inc.'s lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #24,039 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Buckhorn Inc. against BrightSource Industries (Israel), Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.0/100 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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