Where does BAE Systems Bofors AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BAE Systems Bofors AB ranks #7,523 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 BAE Systems Bofors AB hold?

BAE Systems Bofors AB holds 43 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is BAE Systems Bofors AB's Innovation Score?

BAE Systems Bofors AB has an Innovation Score of 47.1 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BAE Systems Bofors AB focus on?

BAE Systems Bofors AB's top technology area is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition) with 28 patents, ranking #16 of 331 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is BAE Systems Bofors AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BAE Systems Bofors AB's recent grant velocity is +5% 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 BAE Systems Bofors AB's patents?

BAE Systems Bofors AB's patents average 11.3 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 BAE Systems Bofors AB 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 Foreign Corporation

BAE Systems Bofors AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 43 granted patents across 19 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, BAE ranks #7,523 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 43 patents across 19 technology areas.

#7,523
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.1/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: +5%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7523 · Foreign Corporation #7,523 · 43 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 43 grants
UPPER-Q #7,523/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alabama Metal…
CPC-FOCUS F42B · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +5% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alabama Metal Industries Corporation (±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 BAE’s 47.1 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 13.1 pts (28%) Velocity 11.9 pts (25%) Breadth 15.4 pts (33%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airbus DS · near

47
BAE Systems Bofors AB · this assignee

47
Daiki · near

47
Deep Render · near

47
Server Technology · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BAE's Innovation Score is 47.1/100 (top 19% 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 BAE?

Each dot is one of BAE’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). BAE’s own 11.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where BAE's grants concentrate

BAE Systems Bofors AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 65.1% of grants classified under F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, BAE sits between Alabama Metal Industries Corporation and Bongiovi Acoustic LLC.

BAE's three-year grant acceleration

BAE Systems Bofors AB shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Alabama Metal Ind…

43
Anumana

43
Aquesys

43
B R A H M S

43
Barnes & Noble Co…

43
BHS Corrugated Ma…

43
Blue Goji

43
Bongiovi Acoustic

43
BAE Systems Bofor… ◀

43

What this shows BAE holds 43 patents at rank #7,524, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BAE

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,524 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BAE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F42B (Explosive Charges), BAE ranks #16 of 331 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Daiki Co., Ltd. 47 Server Technology, Inc. 47 Airbus DS GMBH 47 Deep Render Ltd. 47

BAE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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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BAE Systems Bofors AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	9.3%
2016	6	14.0%
2017	5	11.6%
2018	1	2.3%
2019	4	9.3%
2021	5	11.6%
2022	6	14.0%
2023	4	9.3%
2024	6	14.0%
2025partial year	2	4.7%

Which technologies does BAE Systems Bofors AB patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 28

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 10

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 8

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 7

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 4

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 3

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 2

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 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

F42D - Blasting 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

Top 15 of 19 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

BAE Systems Bofors AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BAE Systems Bofors AB's lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 65.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #7,523 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BAE Systems Bofors AB against Alabama Metal Industries Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.1/100 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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