Where does Baidu USA LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Baidu USA LLC ranks #481 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 USA LLC hold?

Baidu USA LLC holds 922 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 82 technology areas.

What is Baidu USA LLC's Innovation Score?

Baidu USA LLC has an Innovation Score of 71.4 out of 100 (top 1% 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 USA LLC focus on?

Baidu USA LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 286 patents. Grants appear in 82 CPC subclasses total.

Is Baidu USA LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Baidu USA LLC's recent grant velocity is +663% 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 USA LLC's patents?

Baidu USA LLC's patents average 19.2 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 Baidu USA LLC 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

Baidu USA LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 922 granted patents across 82 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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 #481 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 922 patents across 82 technology areas.

#481
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.4/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: +663%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R481 · US Corporation #481 · 922 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 922 grants
TOP-DECILE #481/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eaton
CPC-WIDE G06F · 82 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +663% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eaton Corporation (±2 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Regents of the… · near

71
Oshkosh · near

71
Baidu USA · this assignee

71
Beijing Voyager… · near

71
Jpmorgan Chase Bank… · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Baidu's Innovation Score is 71.4/100 (top 1% 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.

How Baidu's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Baidu USA LLC received 786 grants versus 103 in 2015–2019 (+663% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 232 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 1. Lead class G06F accounts for 31% of the portfolio across 82 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Level 3 Communications, LLC (#477) and KT Corporation (#485).

Baidu's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Baidu USA LLC moved from 319 to 540 grants (1.69x 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 #315. See the growth leaderboard.

Level 3 Communica…

928
Verily Life Scien…

926
Zeon

926
Eaton

924
Baidu USA ◀

922
THE University OF…

920
Battelle Memorial…

917
Baidu Online Netw…

916
KT

914

What this shows Baidu holds 922 patents at rank #481, 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 #481 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).

Oshkosh Corporation 71 Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd. 71 The Regents of the University of California 71 Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd. 19.2 avg Dana-farber Cancer Institute, Inc. 19.2 avg Novellus Systems, Inc. 19.2 avg CommScope Connectivity UK Limited 19.2 avg

Baidu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

71 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Baidu USA LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	0.1%
2017	2	0.2%
2018	27	2.9%
2019	73	7.9%
2020	100	10.8%
2021	146	15.8%
2022	193	20.9%
2023	232	25.2%
2024	115	12.5%
2025partial year	33	3.6%

Which technologies does Baidu USA LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 286

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 282

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 278

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 245

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 200

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 149

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 92

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 86

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 80

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 75

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 68

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 45

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 32

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 26

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 24

Top 15 of 82 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#481

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

71.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Baidu USA LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Baidu USA LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 31% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #481 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Baidu USA LLC against Level 3 Communications, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.4/100 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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