Where does Buddy Box, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Buddy Box, LLC ranks #19,543 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 Buddy Box, LLC hold?

Buddy Box, LLC holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Buddy Box, LLC's Innovation Score?

Buddy Box, LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.0 out of 100 (33rd 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 Buddy Box, LLC focus on?

Buddy Box, LLC's top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 6 patents, ranking #80 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Buddy Box, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Buddy Box, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Buddy Box, LLC's patents?

Buddy Box, LLC's patents average 7.9 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 Buddy Box, 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

Buddy Box, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Buddy ranks #19,543 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 4 technology areas.

#19,543
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.0/100): 7.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19543 · US Corporation #19,543 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,543/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bray International
CPC-NARROW A24F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bray International, 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.

How Buddy’s 30.0 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 9.4 pts (31%) Velocity 8.9 pts (30%) Breadth 7.1 pts (24%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Buddy Box · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Buddy's Innovation Score is 30.0/100 (33rd 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 Buddy?

Each dot is one of Buddy’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). Buddy’s own 7.9 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Buddy's grants concentrate

Buddy Box, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Buddy sits between Bray International, Inc. and BÜRKERT Werke GMBH & Co. KG.

Buddy's three-year grant acceleration

Buddy Box, LLC shows 8 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.

Bray International

14
Broadpak

14
Broadley-james

14
Budderfly

14
Build IP

14
Bullhead Innovati…

14
Busy Baby

14
BÜRkert Werke & KG

14
Buddy Box ◀

14

What this shows Buddy holds 14 patents at rank #19,544, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Buddy

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,544 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Buddy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Buddy Box, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	14.3%
2021	4	28.6%
2022	3	21.4%
2023	3	21.4%
2024	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Buddy Box, LLC patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 6

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 2

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Buddy Box, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Buddy Box, LLC's lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #19,543 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Buddy Box, LLC against Bray International, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.0/100 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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