Where does BT Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BT Inc. ranks #28,305 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 BT Inc. hold?

BT Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is BT Inc.'s Innovation Score?

BT Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.5 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is BT Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BT Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +25% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for BT Inc.'s patents?

BT Inc.'s patents average 11.9 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 BT 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 Foreign Corporation

BT Inc.

Q: What technology areas does BT Inc. focus on?

BT Inc.'s top technology area is G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams) with 5 patents, ranking #216 of 1,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 8 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: G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BT ranks #28,305 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 8 technology areas.

#28,305
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.5/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28305 · Foreign Corporation #28,305 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,305/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Baader Linco
CPC-NARROW G09B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Baader Linco, 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 BT’s 29.5 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 8.0 pts (27%) Velocity 4.4 pts (15%) Breadth 10.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BT · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BT's Innovation Score is 29.5/100 (31st 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for BT?

Each dot is one of BT’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). BT’s own 11.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

BT vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where BT's grants concentrate

BT Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, BT sits between Brokk Aktiebolag and Baader Linco, Inc..

BT's three-year grant acceleration

BT Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Brokk Aktiebolag

9
Brose Fahrzeugtei…

9
Bruker AXS

9
BSI Business Syst…

9
Buddhist TZU CHI…

9
Bulletproof Prope…

9
Burton

9
Baader Linco

9
BT ◀

9

What this shows BT holds 9 patents at rank #28,244, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BT

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,244 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09B (Educational OR Demonstration Appliances)

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

BT's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% 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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BT Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	33.3%
2018	1	11.1%
2020	2	22.2%
2021	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does BT Inc. patent most?

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 1

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 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

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 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

BT Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BT Inc.'s lead technology class is G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G09B
Ranked #28,305 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BT Inc. against Brokk Aktiebolag, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.5/100 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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