Where does Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. ranks #484 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 Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. hold?

Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. holds 916 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 73 technology areas.

What is Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 60.4 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. focus on?

Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 523 patents, ranking #149 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 73 CPC subclasses total.

Is Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +245% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd.'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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd.

Q: How is the Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. 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 - 916 granted patents across 73 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Baidu ranks #484 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 916 patents across 73 technology areas.

#484
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.4/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: +245%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R484 · Foreign Corporation #484 · 916 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 916 grants
TOP-DECILE #484/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Battelle Memorial…
CPC-WIDE G06F · 73 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +245% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Battelle Memorial Institute (±1 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 Baidu’s 60.4 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 23.6 pts (39%) Velocity 3.4 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Electrolux Appliance… · near

60
Emory University · near

60
Baidu Online… · this assignee

60
Anritsu · near

60
Universiteit Gent · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Baidu's Innovation Score is 60.4/100 (top 3% 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 Baidu?

Each dot is one of Baidu’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). Baidu’s own 14.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Baidu's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. received 704 grants versus 204 in 2015–2019 (+245% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 236 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class G06F accounts for 57.1% of the portfolio across 73 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Eaton Corporation (#480) and Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University (#488).

Baidu's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. moved from 543 to 273 grants (0.50x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,689. See the growth leaderboard.

Eaton

924
Baidu USA

922
THE University OF…

920
Battelle Memorial…

917
Baidu Online Netw… ◀

916
KT

914
Maxell

914
NSK

914
Research & Busine…

914

What this shows Baidu holds 916 patents at rank #484, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Baidu

By rank, the assignees closest to #484 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Baidu, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Baidu ranks #149 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Emory University 60 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag 60 Universiteit Gent 60 Anritsu Company 60

Similar claim depth

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

Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH 14.1 avg Nextracker LLC 14.1 avg The Translational Genomics Research Institute 14.1 avg University of Puerto Rico 14.1 avg

Baidu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.1%
2016	16	1.7%
2017	27	2.9%
2018	48	5.2%
2019	112	12.2%
2020	195	21.3%
2021	236	25.8%
2022	167	18.2%
2023	83	9.1%
2024	23	2.5%
2025partial year	8	0.9%

Which technologies does Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 523

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 231

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 210

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 164

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 164

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 121

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 73

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 64

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 57

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 50

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 46

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 44

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 27

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 26

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 26

Top 15 of 73 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

Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #484 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Baidu Online Network Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. against Eaton Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.4/100 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

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