Where does Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag ranks #5,498 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 Hägglunds Aktiebolag hold?

Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag holds 62 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag's Innovation Score?

Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag has an Innovation Score of 54.0 out of 100 (top 8% 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 Hägglunds Aktiebolag focus on?

Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag's top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 31 patents, ranking #109 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag's recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag's patents?

Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag's patents average 14.1 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.

How is the Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag 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 Hägglunds Aktiebolag

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 62 granted patents across 42 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bae ranks #5,498 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 62 patents across 42 technology areas.

#5,498
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.0/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5498 · Foreign Corporation #5,498 · 62 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 62 grants
UPPER-Q #5,498/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Altiostar Networks
CPC-WIDE B62D · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Altiostar Networks, 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 Bae’s 54.0 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 14.3 pts (27%) Velocity 8.3 pts (15%) Breadth 22.9 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Archer-daniels-midland · near

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Bae Systems… · this assignee

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Clearpath Robotics · near

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Thyssenkrupp… · near

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Indian Motorcycle… · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Bae's Innovation Score is 54.0/100 (top 8% 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 14.1 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 Hägglunds Aktiebolag is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Bae sits between Altiostar Networks, Inc. and C/HCA, Inc..

Bae's three-year grant acceleration

Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag shows 10 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.

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What this shows Bae holds 62 patents at rank #5,499, 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 #5,499 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

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 B62D (Motor Vehicles), Bae ranks #109 of 1,368 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Clearpath Robotics Inc. 54 Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG 54 Archer-daniels-midland Company 54 Indian Motorcycle International, LLC 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.1 here).

Noxell Corporation 14.1 avg University OF Science AND Technology OF China 14.1 avg Fontem Ventures B.V. 14.1 avg Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. 14.1 avg

Bae's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 Hägglunds Aktiebolag patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	19.4%
2016	7	11.3%
2017	9	14.5%
2018	12	19.4%
2019	2	3.2%
2020	2	3.2%
2021	4	6.5%
2022	2	3.2%
2023	4	6.5%
2024	4	6.5%
2025partial year	4	6.5%

Which technologies does Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 31

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 19

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 14

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 11

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 10

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 10

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 9

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 8

F16H - Gearing 7

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 7

B60D - Vehicle Connections 5

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 5

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 4

B60F - Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD; Amphibious OR Like VEHICLES; Convertible Vehicles 4

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 4

Top 15 of 42 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 Hägglunds Aktiebolag's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag's lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #5,498 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag against Altiostar Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.0/100 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.

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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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