Overall rank by patents
#1,744
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 233 granted patents across 132 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06T (IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL).
The verdict
Beihang holds 233 US patents across 132 technology areas, rank #1,744 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Beihang University has been granted 233 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Beihang University at rank #1,744 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 132 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 8.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06T (IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL). As a Foreign Corporation, Beihang University is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Beihang sits between JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (234 patents, rank #1,740) and United States Gypsum Company (233 patents, rank #1,748) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 59.5/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 171 grants, compared with 62 in the 2015–2019 window, a +176% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Beihang University's 8.8 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Beihang University against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
234 patents
SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
234 patents
ALSTOM Transport Technologies
233 patents
APTAR FRANCE SAS
233 patents
Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
233 patents
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
233 patents
SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS S.A.S
233 patents
UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
233 patents
Beihang University
233 patents
What this shows Beihang holds 233 patents at rank #1,744, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #1,744 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Beihang's primary technology class.
Beihang's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 6 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 7 | 3.0% |
| 2018 | 19 | 8.2% |
| 2019 | 25 | 10.7% |
| 2020 | 19 | 8.2% |
| 2021 | 22 | 9.4% |
| 2022 | 25 | 10.7% |
| 2023 | 29 | 12.4% |
| 2024 | 49 | 21.0% |
| 2025 | 27 | 11.6% |
Top 15 of 132 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#1,744
Across all tracked assignees
59.5 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Beihang's 233 grants land it in the top 4% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.