Where does BP P.L.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BP P.L.C. ranks #9,984 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 P.L.C. hold?

BP P.L.C. holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is BP P.L.C.'s Innovation Score?

BP P.L.C. has an Innovation Score of 47.7 out of 100 (top 18% 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 P.L.C. focus on?

BP P.L.C.'s top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 21 patents, ranking #214 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is BP P.L.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BP P.L.C.'s recent grant velocity is +420% 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 P.L.C.'s patents?

BP P.L.C.'s patents average 17.8 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 P.L.C. 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 P.L.C.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BP ranks #9,984 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 15 technology areas.

#9,984
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.7/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: +420%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9984 · Foreign Corporation #9,984 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #9,984/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Banpil Photonics
CPC-FOCUS B01J · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +420% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Banpil Photonics, Inc. (±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 47.7 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 (25%) Velocity 11.3 pts (24%) Breadth 13.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BP P L C · this assignee

48
Ipgoal Microelectron… · near

48
Point Engineering · near

48
Zhengzhou Yunhai… · near

48
Yazaki North America · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BP's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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 17.8 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 P.L.C. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 67.7% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, BP sits between Basf Agro Trademarks GmbH and Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co., Ltd..

BP's three-year grant acceleration

BP P.L.C. shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Basf Agro Tradema…

31
Basf Mobile Emiss…

31
BIG Dutchman Inte…

31
BP Chemicals

31
Bruker Switzerland

31
Bwxt Advanced

31
Banpil Photonics

31
Beijing Jingdong…

31
BP P L C ◀

31

What this shows BP holds 31 patents at rank #9,980, 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 #9,980 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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 B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), BP ranks #214 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Ipgoal Microelectronics (SICHUAN) Co., Ltd. 48 Zhengzhou Yunhai Information Technology Co., Ltd. 48 Point Engineering Co., Ltd. 48 Yazaki North America, Inc. 48

BP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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BP P.L.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.2%
2017	1	3.2%
2018	2	6.5%
2019	1	3.2%
2020	5	16.1%
2021	4	12.9%
2022	6	19.4%
2023	5	16.1%
2024	6	19.4%

Which technologies does BP P.L.C. patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 21

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 17

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 15

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

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 2

B01D - Separation 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 1

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 1

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

Top 15 of 15 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 P.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BP P.L.C.'s lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 67.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #9,984 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BP P.L.C. against Basf Agro Trademarks GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.7/100 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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