Where does Boston Dynamics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boston Dynamics, Inc. ranks #1,756 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 Boston Dynamics, Inc. hold?

Boston Dynamics, Inc. holds 231 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is Boston Dynamics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Boston Dynamics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.9 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Boston Dynamics, Inc. focus on?

Boston Dynamics, Inc.'s top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 192 patents, ranking #10 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

Is Boston Dynamics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Boston Dynamics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +162% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Boston Dynamics, Inc.'s patents?

Boston Dynamics, Inc.'s patents average 20.1 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 Boston Dynamics, 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

Boston Dynamics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 231 granted patents across 44 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Boston ranks #1,756 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 231 patents across 44 technology areas.

#1,756
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.9/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +162%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1756 · US Corporation #1,756 · 231 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 231 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,756/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Citibank N A
CPC-WIDE B25J · 44 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +162% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Citibank, N.A. (±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 Boston’s 63.9 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 18.8 pts (29%) Velocity 9.6 pts (15%) Breadth 23.5 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Battelle Energy… · near

64
Boston Dynamics · this assignee

64
Lightmatter · near

64
R Stahl SCHALTGERÄTE · near

64
Shanghai Kohler · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Boston's Innovation Score is 63.9/100 (top 2% 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 Boston?

Each dot is one of Boston’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). Boston’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Boston's grants concentrate

Boston Dynamics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 83.1% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (42 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Boston sits between Medtronic Navigation, Inc. and KPN Innovations LLC.

Boston's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Boston Dynamics, Inc. moved from 69 to 99 grants (1.44x 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 #497. See the growth leaderboard.

Medtronic Navigat…

232
OFS Fitel

232
Sling Media L L C

232
Trustees of Tufts…

232
Citibank N A

231
Genius Optical

231
Juul Labs

231
KPN Innovations

231
Boston Dynamics ◀

231

What this shows Boston holds 231 patents at rank #1,756, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Boston

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,756 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Boston, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25J (Manipulators), Boston ranks #10 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Lightmatter, Inc. 64 Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd. 64 R. Stahl SCHALTGERÄTE GMBH 64 Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.1 here).

Genband US LLC 20.1 avg Andersen Corporation 20.1 avg Anduril Industries, Inc. 20.1 avg Infosys Limited 20.1 avg

Boston's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Boston Dynamics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	0.4%
2017	2	0.9%
2018	28	12.1%
2019	24	10.4%
2020	19	8.2%
2021	26	11.3%
2022	20	8.7%
2023	37	16.0%
2024	42	18.2%
2025partial year	32	13.9%

Which technologies does Boston Dynamics, Inc. patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 192

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 128

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 101

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 68

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 56

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 29

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 13

F16H - Gearing 12

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 11

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 7

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

Top 15 of 44 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

Boston Dynamics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boston Dynamics, Inc.'s lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 83.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #1,756 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boston Dynamics, Inc. against Medtronic Navigation, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.9/100 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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