Where does Bluewater Energy Services B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bluewater Energy Services B.V. ranks #18,448 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 Bluewater Energy Services B.V. hold?

Bluewater Energy Services B.V. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Bluewater Energy Services B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Bluewater Energy Services B.V. has an Innovation Score of 44.9 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bluewater Energy Services B.V. focus on?

Bluewater Energy Services B.V.'s top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 13 patents, ranking #45 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bluewater Energy Services B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bluewater Energy Services B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Bluewater Energy Services B.V.'s patents?

Bluewater Energy Services B.V.'s patents average 19.0 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 Bluewater Energy Services B.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

Bluewater Energy Services B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bluewater ranks #18,448 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#18,448
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (44.9/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18448 · Foreign Corporation #18,448 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,448/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BG Intellectuals
CPC-NARROW B63B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BG Intellectuals, 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 Bluewater’s 44.9 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 9.6 pts (21%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 10.6 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bluewater Energy… · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bluewater's Innovation Score is 44.9/100 (top 24% 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 Bluewater?

Each dot is one of Bluewater’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). Bluewater’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bluewater's grants concentrate

Bluewater Energy Services B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Bluewater sits between BG Intellectuals, Inc. and Botanic Experience B.V..

Bluewater's three-year grant acceleration

Bluewater Energy Services B.V. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

BG Intellectuals

15
Blatchford Produc…

15
Blue Vision Labs…

15
Blue World Holdin…

15
Bondtech

15
Bonumose

15
Bormioli Rocco S…

15
Botanic Experienc…

15
Bluewater Energy… ◀

15

What this shows Bluewater holds 15 patents at rank #18,434, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bluewater

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,434 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

Bluewater's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bluewater Energy Services B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	33.3%
2016	1	6.7%
2017	2	13.3%
2018	1	6.7%
2019	1	6.7%
2020	1	6.7%
2022	2	13.3%
2023	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Bluewater Energy Services B.V. patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 1

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 1

F03B - Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Bluewater Energy Services B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bluewater Energy Services B.V.'s lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #18,448 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bluewater Energy Services B.V. against BG Intellectuals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.9/100 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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