Where does Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited ranks #34,138 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited's Innovation Score?

Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited's patents?

Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited's patents average 18.1 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 Foreign Corporation

Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited

Q: How many patents does Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited hold?

Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited focus on?

Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited's top technology area is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering) with 3 patents, ranking #489 of 1,250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited 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 - 7 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Airbus ranks #34,138 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 15 technology areas.

#34,138
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34138 · Foreign Corporation #34,138 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,138/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AIM Intelligent…
CPC-FOCUS B33Y · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AIM Intelligent Machines, 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 Airbus’s 45.1 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 7.2 pts (16%) Velocity 13.3 pts (29%) Breadth 13.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airbus (BEIJING)… · this assignee

45
AquaMotion · near

45
Establishment Labs · near

45
Liquid X Printed… · near

45
Optical Engines · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Airbus's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 Airbus?

Each dot is one of Airbus’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). Airbus’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Airbus's grants concentrate

Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Airbus sits between AIM Intelligent Machines, Inc. and Airsept, Inc..

Airbus's three-year grant acceleration

Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

AIM Intelligent M…

7
Aimatics

7
Aimvalley B V

7
AIR Water Biodesi…

7
Airbus Atlantic

7
Airbus Canada Man…

7
Airbus Deutschland

7
Airsept

7
Airbus (Beijing)… ◀

7

What this shows Airbus holds 7 patents at rank #34,096, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Airbus

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,096 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B33Y (Additive Manufacturing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Airbus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B33Y (Additive Manufacturing), Airbus ranks #489 of 1,250 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Optical Engines Inc. 45 Liquid X Printed Metals, Inc. 45 AquaMotion, Inc. 45 Establishment Labs S.A. 45

Airbus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2023	3	42.9%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited patent most?

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 3

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

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

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

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

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

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

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 1

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

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 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H05F - Static ELECTRICITY; Naturally-occurring Electricity 1

C22C - Alloys 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited's lead technology class is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B33Y
Ranked #34,138 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Airbus (BEIJING) Engineering Centre Company Limited against AIM Intelligent Machines, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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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