Where does Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. ranks #3,222 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 Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. hold?

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. holds 116 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.3 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%).

Is Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +231% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s patents?

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s patents average 26.4 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 Booz Allen Hamilton 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. focus on?

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s top technology area is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems) with 35 patents, ranking #32 of 704 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 116 granted patents across 52 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Booz ranks #3,222 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 116 patents across 52 technology areas.

#3,222
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.3/100): 26.4
avg claims per patent: +231%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3222 · US Corporation #3,222 · 116 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 116 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,222/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AMO Groningen B V
CPC-WIDE F25B · 52 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +231% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AMO Groningen B.V. (±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 Booz’s 65.3 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 16.5 pts (25%) Velocity 8.9 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hoffmann-La Roche · near

65
B/E Aerospace · near

65
Booz Allen Hamilton · this assignee

65
Divergent · near

65
Sarcos · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Booz's Innovation Score is 65.3/100 (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 Booz?

Each dot is one of Booz’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). Booz’s own 26.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Booz's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. received 86 grants versus 26 in 2015–2019 (+231% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 28 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 3. Lead class F25B accounts for 30.2% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: AMO Groningen B.V. (#3,218) and Hitachi Medical Corporation (#3,226).

Booz's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. moved from 42 to 56 grants (1.33x 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 #605. See the growth leaderboard.

AMO Groningen B V

116
Angel Playing Car…

116
Arena Pharmaceuti…

116
Biotronik

116
China Mobile Comm…

116
DOW Tray

116
Fujifilm Healthca…

116
Hitachi Medical

116
Booz Allen Hamilt… ◀

116

What this shows Booz holds 116 patents at rank #3,222, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Booz

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,222 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25B (Refrigeration Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Booz, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F25B (Refrigeration Machines), Booz ranks #32 of 704 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

B/E Aerospace, Inc. 65 Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. 65 Divergent Technologies, Inc. 65 Sarcos Corp. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (26.4 here).

Cleerly, Inc. 26.4 avg Pass & Seymour, Inc. 26.4 avg Cidra Corporate Services LLC 26.4 avg PPC Broadband, Inc. 26.4 avg

Booz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 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 · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	2.6%
2017	3	2.6%
2018	8	6.9%
2019	12	10.3%
2020	13	11.2%
2021	17	14.7%
2022	20	17.2%
2023	28	24.1%
2024	8	6.9%
2025partial year	4	3.4%

Which technologies does Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. patent most?

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 35

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 34

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 24

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 23

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 18

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 16

H04B - Transmission 12

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 6

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 5

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 5

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 5

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 4

Top 15 of 52 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

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.'s lead technology class is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems), 30.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25B
Ranked #3,222 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. against AMO Groningen B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.3/100 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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