Overall rank by patents
#15,166
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: Y02E (REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, BWXT ranks #15,166 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 13 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R15166 · US Corporation #15,166 · 19 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Beaverfit Limited (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
BWXT Nuclear Operati… · this assignee
43 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-FLAT, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #15,166 of 50,000; Innovation Score 42.7/100 sits in the top 30% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Beaverfit Limited (±0 grants).
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. has been granted 19 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. at #15,166 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 13 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 21.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in Y02E (REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION). As a US Corporation, BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, BWXT sits between Biotronik VI Patent Ag (19 patents, rank #15,139) and Bell Biosystems, Inc. (19 patents, rank #15,147) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 42.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 9 grants, compared with 9 in the 2015–2019 window, a +0% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.'s 21.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 13 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
BIOTRONIK VI Patent AG
19 patents
BLUERISC, INC.
19 patents
BOBST LYON
19 patents
BOGE ELASTMETALL GMBH
19 patents
Beaverfit Limited
19 patents
Beijing Smarter Eye Technology Co. Ltd
19 patents
Bel Fuse (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
19 patents
Bell Biosystems, Inc.
19 patents
BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.
19 patents
What this shows BWXT holds 19 patents at rank #15,143, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #15,143 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in BWXT's primary technology class.
BWXT's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 21.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 10.5% |
| 2018 | 2 | 10.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 5.3% |
| 2020 | 4 | 21.1% |
| 2022 | 3 | 15.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 5.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 5.3% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 5.3% |
Top 13 of 13 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#15,166
of 50,000 tracked assignees
42.7 out of 100
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