Where does Basf SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Basf SE ranks #82 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 Basf SE hold?

Basf SE holds 4,191 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 302 technology areas.

What is Basf SE's Innovation Score?

Basf SE has an Innovation Score of 68.0 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 Basf SE focus on?

Basf SE's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 754 patents, ranking #1 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 302 CPC subclasses total.

Is Basf SE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Basf SE's recent grant velocity is -34% 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 Basf SE's patents?

Basf SE's patents average 16.1 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.

How is the Basf SE 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

Basf SE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 4,191 granted patents across 302 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Basf ranks #82 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 4,191 patents across 302 technology areas.

#82
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (68.0/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -34%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R82 · Foreign Corporation #82 · 4,191 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 4.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #82/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ZTE
CPC-BROAD B01J · 302 areas
INNOV-STRONG 68.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -34% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ZTE 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.

How Basf’s 68.0 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 28.8 pts (42%) Velocity 4.5 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Basf SE · this assignee

68
Arm · near

68
Universal Display · near

68
Altria Client Services · near

68
Rohm · near

68
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Basf's Innovation Score is 68.0/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Basf?

Each dot is one of Basf’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). Basf’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Basf's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Basf SE received 1,590 grants versus 2,393 in 2015–2019 (-34% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 590 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 227. Lead class B01J accounts for 18% of the portfolio across 302 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (#78) and United Technologies Corporation (#86).

Basf's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Basf SE moved from 1,219 to 829 grants (0.68x 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 #2,211. See the growth leaderboard.

Sumitomo Electric…

4,378
Guangdong Oppo Mo…

4,374
Commissariat A L'…

4,218
ZTE

4,193
Basf SE ◀

4,191
Caterpillar

4,178
Konica Minolta

4,158
Kyocera

4,151
United

4,091

What this shows Basf holds 4,191 patents at rank #82, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Basf

By rank, the assignees closest to #82 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Basf, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), Basf ranks #1 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

Arm Limited 68 Universal Display Corporation 68 Rohm Co., Ltd. 68 Altria Client Services LLC 68

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).

Denso International America, Inc. 16.1 avg Linde GmbH 16.1 avg Applied Biosystems, LLC 16.1 avg Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. 16.1 avg

Basf's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

68 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 · 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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Basf SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	590	14.1%
2016	477	11.4%
2017	468	11.2%
2018	400	9.5%
2019	458	10.9%
2020	400	9.5%
2021	361	8.6%
2022	305	7.3%
2023	227	5.4%
2024	297	7.1%
2025partial year	208	5.0%

Which technologies does Basf SE patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 754

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 654

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 646

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 526

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 476

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 448

B01D - Separation 445

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 420

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 395

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 383

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 330

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 301

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 251

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 231

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 221

Top 15 of 302 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

Basf SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Basf SE's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 18% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #82 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Basf SE against Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 68.0/100 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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