Where does Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. ranks #20,809 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 Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. hold?

Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.4 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc.'s patents?

Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc.'s patents average 15.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. focus on?

Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc.'s top technology area is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems) with 4 patents, ranking #215 of 704 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. 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 - 13 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bechtel ranks #20,809 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 16 technology areas.

#20,809
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20809 · US Corporation #20,809 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,809/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bacterin International
CPC-FOCUS F25B · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bacterin International, 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 Bechtel’s 52.4 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 9.1 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 14.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bechtel Energy &… · this assignee

52
Element Six · near

52
Imertech SAS · near

52
Sunnybrook Research… · near

52
Tatsumi Ryoki · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bechtel's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (top 10% 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 Bechtel?

Each dot is one of Bechtel’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). Bechtel’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bechtel's grants concentrate

Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 30.8% of grants classified under F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Bechtel sits between Bacterin International, Inc. and Berg Toys Beheer B.V..

Bechtel's three-year grant acceleration

Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Bacterin Internat…

13
Baobab Studios

13
Barclays Bank

13
Baydin

13
Beijing Easpring…

13
Beijing U-precisi…

13
Bentley Innomed

13
Berg Toys Beheer…

13
Bechtel Energy &… ◀

13

What this shows Bechtel holds 13 patents at rank #20,845, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bechtel

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,845 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25B (Refrigeration Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bechtel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F25B (Refrigeration Machines), Bechtel ranks #215 of 704 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Tatsumi Ryoki Co., Ltd 52 Imertech SAS 52 Sunnybrook Research Institute 52 Element Six Limited 52

Bechtel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	15.4%
2023	5	38.5%
2024	3	23.1%
2025partial year	3	23.1%

Which technologies does Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. patent most?

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 4

B01D - Separation 4

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 3

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 3

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 3

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 2

C10B - Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials 2

F04F - Pumping OF Fluid BY Direct Contact OF Another Fluid OR BY Using Inertia OF Fluid TO BE Pumped ; Siphons 2

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc.'s lead technology class is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems), 30.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25B
Ranked #20,809 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bechtel Energy Technologies & Solutions, Inc. against Bacterin International, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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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