Where does BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation ranks #22,272 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation hold?

BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation's Innovation Score?

BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation has an Innovation Score of 28.9 out of 100 (top 71% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation's recent grant velocity is +25% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation's patents?

BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation's patents average 7.3 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 Foreign Corporation

BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation

Q: What technology areas does BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation focus on?

BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS) with 12 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation 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 - 12 granted patents across 11 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BGP ranks #22,272 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.

#22,272
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 71%
by Innovation Score (28.9/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22272 · Foreign Corporation #22,272 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,272/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH BERLINER GLAS KGAA H…
CPC-FOCUS G01V · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Berliner GLAS KGAA Herbert Kubatz Gmbh & Co. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BGP China National P… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows BGP's Innovation Score is 28.9/100 (top 71% 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.

Where BGP's grants concentrate

BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, BGP sits between Berliner GLAS KGAA Herbert Kubatz Gmbh & Co. and Biotechnology Institute, I MAS D, S.l..

Berliner GLAS KGA…

12
Bernina Internati…

12
Bessey Tool & KG

12
Beumer Group A/S

12
Bio-techne

12
Bioasis

12
BION

12
Biotechnology Ins…

12
BGP China Nationa… ◀

12

What this shows BGP holds 12 patents at rank #22,255, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BGP

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,255 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

BGP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 Top 71% higher than 29% of 50,000 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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BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2024	2	16.7%
2025partial year	3	25.0%

Which technologies does BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS 12

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 3

E21B - EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 2

G01H - MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES 1

G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 1

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 1

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 1

H04B - TRANSMISSION 1

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 1

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,272

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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