Where does BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. ranks #9,442 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 Imaging Solutions Inc. hold?

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.'s Innovation Score?

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% 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 Imaging Solutions Inc. focus on?

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 26 patents, ranking #635 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +6% 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 Imaging Solutions Inc.'s patents?

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.'s patents average 13.2 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 Imaging Solutions 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

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BAE ranks #9,442 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 13 technology areas.

#9,442
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9442 · US Corporation #9,442 · 33 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,442/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Astora Women's Health
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Astora Women's Health, 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 BAE’s 38.4 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 12.2 pts (32%) Velocity 5.6 pts (15%) Breadth 12.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Adaptimmune · near

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BAE Systems Imaging… · this assignee

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Laurus Labs · near

38
Orion · near

38
Tokyo Women's… · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BAE's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 13.2 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.

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

Where BAE's grants concentrate

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 78.8% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, BAE sits between Astora Women's Health, LLC and Bitwave PTE Ltd.

BAE's three-year grant acceleration

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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 33 patents at rank #9,442, 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 #9,442 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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 H04N (Pictorial Communication), BAE ranks #635 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Tokyo Women's Medical University 38 Adaptimmune Limited 38 Laurus Labs Limited 38 Orion Corporation 38

BAE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.0%
2016	4	12.1%
2017	1	3.0%
2018	5	15.2%
2019	5	15.2%
2020	3	9.1%
2021	4	12.1%
2022	2	6.1%
2023	1	3.0%
2024	7	21.2%

Which technologies does BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 26

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 14

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 3

H03F - Amplifiers 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G11C - Static Stores 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

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 78.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #9,442 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. against Astora Women's Health, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.