Where does BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. ranks #10,866 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 Land & Armaments L.P. hold?

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.'s Innovation Score?

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. has an Innovation Score of 41.5 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.'s recent grant velocity is -65% 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 Land & Armaments L.P.'s patents?

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.'s patents average 14.6 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 Land & Armaments L.P. 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 Land & Armaments L.P.

Q: What technology areas does BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. focus on?

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.'s top technology area is F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General) with 11 patents, ranking #20 of 291 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 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: F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BAE ranks #10,866 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 24 technology areas.

#10,866
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.5/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -65%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10866 · US Corporation #10,866 · 28 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,866/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Atos Medical AB
CPC-FOCUS F41H · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -65% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Atos Medical AB (±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 41.5 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 11.6 pts (28%) Velocity 3.8 pts (9%) Breadth 17.3 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asahi Kasei Fibers · near

42
BAE Systems Land &… · this assignee

42
Mitsui Engineering… · near

42
Sinyu Technology… · near

42
Tokyo Electric… · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BAE's Innovation Score is 41.5/100 (top 33% 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 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 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 Land & Armaments L.P. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 39.3% of grants classified under F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, BAE sits between Atos Medical AB and Baicells Technologies Co. Ltd..

BAE's three-year grant acceleration

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Atos Medical AB

28
Auradine

28
Automatic Switch

28
B G Negev AND App…

28
Beijing Kongming…

28
Belvac Production…

28
Biogaia AB

28
Baicells

28
BAE Systems Land… ◀

28

What this shows BAE holds 28 patents at rank #10,867, 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 #10,867 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41H (Armour)

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 F41H (Armour), BAE ranks #20 of 291 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Sinyu Technology (FUJIAN) Co., Ltd. 42 Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated 42 Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation 42 Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. 42

BAE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 Land & Armaments L.P. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	35.7%
2016	2	7.1%
2017	3	10.7%
2018	1	3.6%
2019	4	14.3%
2020	2	7.1%
2021	1	3.6%
2022	1	3.6%
2023	3	10.7%
2025partial year	1	3.6%

Which technologies does BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. patent most?

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 11

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 5

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

F41F - Apparatus FOR Launching Projectiles OR Missiles From Barrels, e.g. Cannons ; Launchers FOR Rockets OR TORPEDOES; Harpoon Guns 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 2

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

B60F - Vehicles FOR USE Both ON Rail AND ON ROAD; Amphibious OR Like VEHICLES; Convertible Vehicles 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 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

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.'s lead technology class is F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General), 39.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41H
Ranked #10,866 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. against Atos Medical AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.5/100 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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