Where does Barclays Bank PLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Barclays Bank PLC ranks #20,804 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 Barclays Bank PLC hold?

Barclays Bank PLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Barclays Bank PLC's Innovation Score?

Barclays Bank PLC has an Innovation Score of 28.5 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Barclays Bank PLC focus on?

Barclays Bank PLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 6 patents, ranking #3,547 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Barclays Bank PLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Barclays Bank PLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Barclays Bank PLC's patents?

Barclays Bank PLC's patents average 17.9 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 Barclays Bank PLC 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

Barclays Bank PLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Barclays ranks #20,804 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#20,804
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.5/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20804 · Foreign Corporation #20,804 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,804/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Backer EHP
CPC-NARROW H04L · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Backer EHP 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 Barclays’s 28.5 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 9.1 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Barclays Bank · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Barclays's Innovation Score is 28.5/100 (27th percentile 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 Barclays?

Each dot is one of Barclays’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). Barclays’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Barclays's grants concentrate

Barclays Bank PLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Barclays sits between BXB Digital Pty Limited and Beijing U-Precision Tech Co., Ltd..

BXB Digital Pty

13
Backer EHP

13
Bacterin Internat…

13
Baobab Studios

13
Baydin

13
Bechtel Energy &…

13
Beijing Easpring…

13
Beijing U-precisi…

13
Barclays Bank ◀

13

What this shows Barclays holds 13 patents at rank #20,843, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Barclays

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,843 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Barclays's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Barclays Bank PLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	15.4%
2016	3	23.1%
2017	6	46.2%
2018	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Barclays Bank PLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

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 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Barclays Bank PLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Barclays Bank PLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 46.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #20,804 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Barclays Bank PLC against BXB Digital Pty Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.5/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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