Where does Barco N.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Barco N.V. ranks #2,118 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 Barco N.V. hold?

Barco N.V. holds 186 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 53 technology areas.

What is Barco N.V.'s Innovation Score?

Barco N.V. has an Innovation Score of 61.5 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 Barco N.V. focus on?

Barco N.V.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 74 patents, ranking #259 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 53 CPC subclasses total.

Is Barco N.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Barco N.V.'s recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Barco N.V.'s patents?

Barco N.V.'s patents average 20.4 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 Barco N.V. 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

Barco N.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 186 granted patents across 53 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Barco ranks #2,118 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 186 patents across 53 technology areas.

#2,118
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.5/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2118 · Foreign Corporation #2,118 · 186 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 186 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,118/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Avary Holding…
CPC-WIDE H04N · 53 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited. (±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 Barco’s 61.5 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 18.1 pts (29%) Velocity 6.2 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AyDeeKay · near

62
Barco · this assignee

62
Beijing Jiaotong… · near

62
Pacific Biosciences… · near

62
Yaskawa Denki · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Barco's Innovation Score is 61.5/100 (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 Barco?

Each dot is one of Barco’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). Barco’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Barco's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Barco N.V. received 78 grants versus 100 in 2015–2019 (-22% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 30 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 8. Lead class H04N accounts for 39.8% of the portfolio across 53 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sichuan University (#2,114) and Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. (#2,122).

Barco's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Barco N.V. moved from 45 to 42 grants (0.93x 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 #1,379. See the growth leaderboard.

Sichuan University

187
Total

187
UniversitÉ DE Bor…

187
Avary Holding (Sh…

186
GE Lighting Solut…

186
International Pap…

186
Ishida

186
Tanaka Kikinzoku…

186
Barco ◀

186

What this shows Barco holds 186 patents at rank #2,118, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Barco

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,118 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Barco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Barco ranks #259 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. 62 Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki 62 AyDeeKay LLC 62 Beijing Jiaotong University 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.4 here).

Architecture Technology Corporation 20.4 avg Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. 20.4 avg Cloudflare, Inc. 20.4 avg Wirtgen GmbH 20.4 avg

Barco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 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.

View data table

Barco N.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	7.5%
2016	21	11.3%
2017	26	14.0%
2018	30	16.1%
2019	9	4.8%
2020	22	11.8%
2021	14	7.5%
2022	16	8.6%
2023	8	4.3%
2024	18	9.7%
2025partial year	8	4.3%

Which technologies does Barco N.V. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 74

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 60

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 44

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 37

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 37

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 28

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 26

H04M - Telephonic Communication 24

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 17

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 14

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 10

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 9

Top 15 of 53 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

Barco N.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Barco N.V.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 39.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #2,118 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Barco N.V. against Sichuan University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.5/100 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

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.