Where does BP OIL International Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BP OIL International Limited ranks #16,647 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 OIL International Limited hold?

BP OIL International Limited holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is BP OIL International Limited's Innovation Score?

BP OIL International Limited has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

BP OIL International Limited's recent grant velocity is +1500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for BP OIL International Limited's patents?

BP OIL International Limited's patents average 19.8 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 OIL International 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 OIL International Limited

Q: What technology areas does BP OIL International Limited focus on?

BP OIL International Limited's top technology area is 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) with 16 patents, ranking #32 of 450 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 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: 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-lig).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BP ranks #16,647 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#16,647
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: +1500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16647 · Foreign Corporation #16,647 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,647/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Black Card
CPC-NARROW C10L · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Black Card LLC (±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 40.5 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 10.0 pts (25%) Velocity 8.6 pts (21%) Breadth 10.0 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BP OIL International · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BP's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 36% 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 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 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 OIL International Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 94.1% of grants classified under 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-lig). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, BP sits between Black Card LLC and BTR NEW Material Group Co., Ltd..

BP's three-year grant acceleration

BP OIL International Limited shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Black Card

17
Bnsf Logistics

17
Bonac

17
Boston Biomedical

17
Bricsys

17
Broadsign Serv

17
BTG International

17
BTR NEW Material…

17
BP OIL Internatio… ◀

17

What this shows BP holds 17 patents at rank #16,636, 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 #16,636 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10L (Fuels)

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

BP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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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BP OIL International Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	4	23.5%
2022	8	47.1%
2023	1	5.9%

Which technologies does BP OIL International Limited patent most?

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 16

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

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 1

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 1

Top 8 of 8 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 OIL International Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BP OIL International Limited's lead technology class is 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-lig), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10L
Ranked #16,647 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BP OIL International Limited against Black Card LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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