Where does Bushnell Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bushnell Inc. ranks #4,032 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 Bushnell Inc. hold?

Bushnell Inc. holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Bushnell Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bushnell Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.7 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bushnell Inc. focus on?

Bushnell Inc.'s top technology area is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming) with 17 patents, ranking #23 of 307 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

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

Bushnell Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +347% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bushnell Inc.'s patents?

Bushnell Inc.'s patents average 9.7 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 Bushnell 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

Bushnell Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 22 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: F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bushnell ranks #4,032 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 22 technology areas.

#4,032
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.7/100): 9.7
avg claims per patent: +347%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4032 · US Corporation #4,032 · 89 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,032/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH B-K Medical APS
CPC-FOCUS F41G · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +347% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: B-K Medical APS (±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 Bushnell’s 47.7 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 15.5 pts (32%) Velocity 9.8 pts (21%) Breadth 16.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bushnell · this assignee

48
Lmpg · near

48
nChain Holdings · near

48
Trend Micro… · near

48
Scientific Drilling… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bushnell's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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 Bushnell?

Each dot is one of Bushnell’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). Bushnell’s own 9.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bushnell's grants concentrate

Bushnell Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 19.1% of grants classified under F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (18 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Bushnell sits between Vertiv Corporation and Duelight LLC.

Bushnell's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bushnell Inc. moved from 30 to 44 grants (1.47x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Vertiv

90
B-K Medical APS

89
BGC Partners

89
Birkenstock IP

89
Carbo Ceramics

89
Collins Engine No…

89
Columbia Sportswe…

89
Duelight

89
Bushnell ◀

89

What this shows Bushnell holds 89 patents at rank #4,032, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bushnell

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,032 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41G (Weapon Sights)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bushnell, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41G (Weapon Sights), Bushnell ranks #23 of 307 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Trend Micro Incorporated 48 nChain Holdings Ltd 48 Lmpg Inc. 48 Scientific Drilling International, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.7 here).

Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd. 9.7 avg Carlson Pet Products, Inc. 9.7 avg Otics Corporation 9.7 avg Ojjo, Inc. 9.7 avg

Bushnell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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Bushnell Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.1%
2016	2	2.2%
2018	5	5.6%
2019	7	7.9%
2020	13	14.6%
2021	10	11.2%
2022	11	12.4%
2023	15	16.9%
2024	18	20.2%
2025partial year	7	7.9%

Which technologies does Bushnell Inc. patent most?

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 17

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 9

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 8

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 6

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 6

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 5

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 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 5

G01G - Weighing 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

F41J - TARGETS; Target RANGES; Bullet Catchers 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Top 15 of 22 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

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

Bushnell Inc.'s lead technology class is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming), 19.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41G
Ranked #4,032 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bushnell Inc. against Vertiv Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.7/100 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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