Where does Burris Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Burris Company, Inc. ranks #13,340 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 Burris Company, Inc. hold?

Burris Company, Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Burris Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Burris Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.9 out of 100 (19th 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 Burris Company, Inc. focus on?

Burris Company, Inc.'s top technology area is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming) with 13 patents, ranking #36 of 307 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Burris Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Burris Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -84% 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 Burris Company, Inc.'s patents?

Burris Company, Inc.'s patents average 10.7 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 Burris Company, 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

Burris Company, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Burris ranks #13,340 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 6 technology areas.

#13,340
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.9/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: -84%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13340 · US Corporation #13,340 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,340/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Branch Metrics
CPC-NARROW F41G · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -84% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Branch Metrics, 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 Burris’s 25.9 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 10.8 pts (42%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Burris · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Burris's Innovation Score is 25.9/100 (19th 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 Burris?

Each dot is one of Burris’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). Burris’s own 10.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Burris's grants concentrate

Burris Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 59.1% of grants classified under F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Burris sits between Branch Metrics, Inc. and Cast Co., Ltd..

Branch Metrics

22
Bravo Sports

22
Brian's Botanicals

22
Britax Child Safe…

22
C-sky Microsystems

22
C R Laurence

22
Carl Zeiss Medite…

22
Cast

22
Burris ◀

22

What this shows Burris holds 22 patents at rank #13,340, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Burris

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,340 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41G (Weapon Sights)

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

Burris's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Burris Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	9.1%
2016	3	13.6%
2017	6	27.3%
2018	4	18.2%
2019	4	18.2%
2020	3	13.6%

Which technologies does Burris Company, Inc. patent most?

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Burris Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Burris Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming), 59.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41G
Ranked #13,340 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Burris Company, Inc. against Branch Metrics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.