Where does BP Corporation North America Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BP Corporation North America Inc. ranks #1,980 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 Corporation North America Inc. hold?

BP Corporation North America Inc. holds 202 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 77 technology areas.

What is BP Corporation North America Inc.'s Innovation Score?

BP Corporation North America Inc. has an Innovation Score of 60.2 out of 100 (top 3% 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 Corporation North America Inc. focus on?

BP Corporation North America Inc.'s top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 68 patents, ranking #20 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 77 CPC subclasses total.

Is BP Corporation North America Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BP Corporation North America Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -48% 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 Corporation North America Inc.'s patents?

BP Corporation North America Inc.'s patents average 21.2 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 Corporation North America 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

BP Corporation North America Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 202 granted patents across 77 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, BP ranks #1,980 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 202 patents across 77 technology areas.

#1,980
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.2/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: -48%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1980 · US Corporation #1,980 · 202 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 202 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,980/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cubic
CPC-WIDE G01V · 77 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -48% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cubic Corporation (±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 60.2 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 18.4 pts (31%) Velocity 4.1 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BP North America · this assignee

60
The Curators of the… · near

60
Verdant Robotics · near

60
Biotronik SE & KG · near

60
Chongqing Institute… · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BP's Innovation Score is 60.2/100 (top 3% 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 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 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.

How BP's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, BP Corporation North America Inc. received 67 grants versus 130 in 2015–2019 (-48% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 39 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 5. Lead class G01V accounts for 33.7% of the portfolio across 77 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. (#1,976) and InVue Security Products Inc. (#1,984).

BP's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, BP Corporation North America Inc. moved from 58 to 36 grants (0.62x 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 #2,388. See the growth leaderboard.

Doskocil Manufact…

203
Tridonic & KG

203
University of Not…

203
Virginia Commonwe…

203
Cubic

202
Gavrieli Brands

202
Hongfujin Precisi…

202
Invue Security Pr…

202
BP North America ◀

202

What this shows BP holds 202 patents at rank #1,980, 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 #1,980 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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 G01V (Geophysics), BP ranks #20 of 835 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

The Curators of the University of Missouri 60 Verdant Robotics, Inc. 60 Biotronik SE & Co. KG 60 Chongqing Institute OF East China Normal University 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.2 here).

Leap Motion, Inc. 21.2 avg NKT Photonics A/S 21.2 avg Analog Devices, Inc. 21.2 avg CreeLED, Inc. 21.2 avg

BP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 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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BP Corporation North America Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	39	19.3%
2016	30	14.9%
2017	14	6.9%
2018	20	9.9%
2019	27	13.4%
2020	17	8.4%
2021	14	6.9%
2022	23	11.4%
2023	5	2.5%
2024	8	4.0%
2025partial year	5	2.5%

Which technologies does BP Corporation North America Inc. patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 68

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 58

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 26

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 22

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 19

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 18

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 14

B01D - Separation 14

C12Y - Enzymes 13

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 9

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 8

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 8

Top 15 of 77 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 Corporation North America Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BP Corporation North America Inc.'s lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 33.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #1,980 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BP Corporation North America Inc. against Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.2/100 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.

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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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