Where does BP Chemicals Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BP Chemicals Limited ranks #9,983 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 BP Chemicals Limited hold?

BP Chemicals Limited holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is BP Chemicals Limited's Innovation Score?

BP Chemicals Limited has an Innovation Score of 34.3 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BP Chemicals Limited focus on?

BP Chemicals Limited's top technology area is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds) with 31 patents, ranking #143 of 2,691 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is BP Chemicals Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BP Chemicals Limited's recent grant velocity is -89% 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 BP Chemicals Limited's patents?

BP Chemicals Limited's patents average 21.6 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 BP Chemicals Limited 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

BP Chemicals Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BP ranks #9,983 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 7 technology areas.

#9,983
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.3/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9983 · Foreign Corporation #9,983 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #9,983/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bailey Nurseries
CPC-NARROW C07C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bailey Nurseries (±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 BP’s 34.3 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 12.0 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (27%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Center for Quantitat… · near

34
BP Chemicals · this assignee

34
Openet Telecom · near

34
Oryzon Genomics · near

34
Trackonomy Systems · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BP's Innovation Score is 34.3/100 (47th percentile 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 BP?

Each dot is one of BP’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). BP’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where BP's grants concentrate

BP Chemicals Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (9 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, BP sits between Bailey Nurseries and Banpil Photonics, Inc..

Bailey Nurseries

31
Basf Agro Tradema…

31
Basf Mobile Emiss…

31
BIG Dutchman Inte…

31
BP P L C

31
Bruker Switzerland

31
Bwxt Advanced

31
Banpil Photonics

31
BP Chemicals ◀

31

What this shows BP holds 31 patents at rank #9,979, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BP

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,979 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BP, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), BP ranks #143 of 2,691 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Oryzon Genomics S.A. 34 Openet Telecom Ltd. 34 Trackonomy Systems, Inc. 34 Center for Quantitative Cytometry 34

BP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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BP Chemicals Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	12.9%
2016	9	29.0%
2017	5	16.1%
2018	4	12.9%
2019	6	19.4%
2020	3	9.7%

Which technologies does BP Chemicals Limited patent most?

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 31

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 15

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 7

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 3

B01D - Separation 3

C10K - Purifying OR Modifying THE Chemical Composition OF Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide 1

Top 7 of 7 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

BP Chemicals Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BP Chemicals Limited's lead technology class is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07C
Ranked #9,983 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BP Chemicals Limited against Bailey Nurseries, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.3/100 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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