Where does British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH ranks #31,092 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 British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH hold?

British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH's Innovation Score?

British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH's patents?

British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH's patents average 14.9 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 British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH 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

British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH

Q: What technology areas does British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH focus on?

British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH's top technology area is A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, British ranks #31,092 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#31,092
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31092 · Foreign Corporation #31,092 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,092/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BPC LG 2
CPC-NARROW A24B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BPC LG 2, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
British American… · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows British's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (37th 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.

Where British's grants concentrate

British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, British sits between BPC LG 2, LLC and BS&B Safety Systems Limited.

British's three-year grant acceleration

British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

BPC LG 2

8
BPG Sales and Tec…

8
Braiform (HK)

8
Bran-new Internat…

8
Broadpeak

8
Bruker HTS

8
BRØDrene Hartmann…

8
BS&B Safety Syste…

8
British American… ◀

8

What this shows British holds 8 patents at rank #31,019, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near British

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,019 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR Chewing)

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

British's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	50.0%
2016	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%

Which technologies does British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH patent most?

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 6

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 2

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

B30B - Presses IN General 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#31,092

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH's lead technology class is A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24B
Ranked #31,092 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare British American Tobacco (GERMANY) GMBH against BPC LG 2, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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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