Where does British Telecommunications PLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), British Telecommunications PLC ranks #5,061 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 Telecommunications PLC hold?

British Telecommunications PLC holds 68 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is British Telecommunications PLC's Innovation Score?

British Telecommunications PLC has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does British Telecommunications PLC focus on?

British Telecommunications PLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 27 patents, ranking #1,618 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is British Telecommunications PLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

British Telecommunications PLC's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Telecommunications PLC's patents?

British Telecommunications PLC's patents average 18.4 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 Telecommunications PLC 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 Telecommunications PLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 68 granted patents across 28 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, British ranks #5,061 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 68 patents across 28 technology areas.

#5,061
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5061 · Foreign Corporation #5,061 · 68 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 68 grants
UPPER-Q #5,061/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agora Lab
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agora Lab, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FSP Technology · near

45
British Telecommunic… · this assignee

45
DB HiTek · near

45
Takeda Vaccines · near

45
Shenzhen Neewer… · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows British's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 Telecommunications PLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 39.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, British sits between Agora Lab, Inc. and CareFusion Germany 326 GmbH.

British's three-year grant acceleration

British Telecommunications PLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Agora Lab

68
All Plastic

68
Ampere Computing

68
BAE Systems Contr…

68
Cardioinsight

68
Chiyoda

68
Calix

68
Carefusion German…

68
British Telecommu… ◀

68

What this shows British holds 68 patents at rank #5,061, 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 #5,061 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for British, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), British ranks #1,618 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Takeda Vaccines, Inc. 45 DB HiTek Co., Ltd. 45 FSP Technology Inc. 45 Shenzhen Neewer Technology Co. Ltd 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

Ivanti, Inc. 18.4 avg Impinj, Inc. 18.4 avg Hexagon Technology Center GMBH 18.4 avg GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP 18.4 avg

British's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% 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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British Telecommunications PLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	22.1%
2016	8	11.8%
2017	17	25.0%
2018	7	10.3%
2019	8	11.8%
2020	7	10.3%
2021	2	2.9%
2023	2	2.9%
2025partial year	2	2.9%

Which technologies does British Telecommunications PLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 27

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 25

H04J - Multiplex Communication 18

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H04B - Transmission 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 4

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

Top 15 of 28 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,061

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

45.1 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 Telecommunications PLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

British Telecommunications PLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 39.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #5,061 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare British Telecommunications PLC against Agora Lab, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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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