Where does Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company ranks #12,430 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 Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company hold?

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company's Innovation Score?

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company focus on?

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company's top technology area is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition) with 12 patents, ranking #41 of 331 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company's recent grant velocity is +56% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company's patents?

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company's patents average 14.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company

Q: How is the Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company 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 PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 24 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ensign-bickford ranks #12,430 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 24 technology areas.

#12,430
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: +56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12430 · US Corporation #12,430 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,430/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Edge Systems
CPC-FOCUS F42B · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Edge Systems LLC (±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 Ensign-bickford’s 43.9 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 11.1 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (15%) Breadth 17.3 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ensign-Bickford… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Ensign-bickford's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Ensign-bickford?

Each dot is one of Ensign-bickford’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). Ensign-bickford’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ensign-bickford's grants concentrate

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Ensign-bickford sits between Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc. and Eversight, Inc..

Ensign-bickford's three-year grant acceleration

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Exposure Illumina…

24
Edge Systems

24
Elevation Lab

24
Elixir Medical

24
Epic Tech

24
Ergomotion

24
Eridan Communicat…

24
Eversight

24
Ensign-bickford A… ◀

24

What this shows Ensign-Bickford holds 24 patents at rank #12,435, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ensign-Bickford

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,435 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Ensign-Bickford's primary technology class.

Ensign-bickford's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% 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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Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.2%
2016	1	4.2%
2017	1	4.2%
2018	4	16.7%
2019	2	8.3%
2020	2	8.3%
2021	4	16.7%
2023	6	25.0%
2024	2	8.3%
2025partial year	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 12

F42D - Blasting 7

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 7

C06C - Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions 6

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 4

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 4

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 2

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 24 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

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company's lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #12,430 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company against Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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

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