Where does Bull SAS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bull SAS ranks #1,611 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 Bull SAS hold?

Bull SAS holds 256 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Bull SAS's Innovation Score?

Bull SAS has an Innovation Score of 63.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bull SAS focus on?

Bull SAS's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 182 patents, ranking #340 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bull SAS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bull SAS's recent grant velocity is +161% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Bull SAS's patents?

Bull SAS's patents average 13.6 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 Bull SAS 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

Bull SAS

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 256 granted patents across 52 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, Bull ranks #1,611 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 256 patents across 52 technology areas.

#1,611
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.3/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: +161%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1611 · Foreign Corporation #1,611 · 256 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 256 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,611/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Asahi Kasei…
CPC-WIDE G06F · 52 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +161% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation (±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 Bull’s 63.3 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 19.2 pts (30%) Velocity 11.0 pts (17%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Japan Aviation… · near

63
Bull SAS · this assignee

63
Kone · near

63
Entegris · near

63
Illuscio · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bull's Innovation Score is 63.3/100 (top 2% 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 Bull?

Each dot is one of Bull’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). Bull’s own 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Bull's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Bull SAS received 172 grants versus 66 in 2015–2019 (+161% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 49 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 8. Lead class G06F accounts for 71.1% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Flir Systems, Inc. (#1,607) and SEB S.A. (#1,615).

Bull's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bull SAS moved from 70 to 115 grants (1.64x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #349. See the growth leaderboard.

Flir Systems

257
Horiba

257
SMS group

257
Asahi Kasei Micro…

256
Johnson Electric

256
Kitty Hawk

256
Nexans

256
SEB

256
Bull SAS ◀

256

What this shows Bull holds 256 patents at rank #1,611, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bull

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,611 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bull, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Bull ranks #340 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Kone Corporation 63 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 63 Entegris, Inc. 63 Illuscio, Inc. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.6 here).

Universite De Montpellier 13.6 avg UNIVERSITÉ DE Bordeaux 13.6 avg Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) 13.6 avg E.I. DU Pont DE Nemours AND Company 13.6 avg

Bull's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

View data table

Bull SAS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	3.1%
2016	11	4.3%
2017	12	4.7%
2018	22	8.6%
2019	13	5.1%
2020	24	9.4%
2021	33	12.9%
2022	49	19.1%
2023	33	12.9%
2024	33	12.9%
2025partial year	18	7.0%

Which technologies does Bull SAS patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 182

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 88

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 40

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 32

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 16

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

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 13

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 12

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

H04B - Transmission 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

H04Q - Selecting 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 3

Top 15 of 52 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Bull SAS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bull SAS's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 71.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,611 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bull SAS against Flir Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.