Where does Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. ranks #15,166 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 Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. hold?

Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.7 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.'s patents?

Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.'s patents average 21.6 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 Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, 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 US Corporation

Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. focus on?

Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 8 patents, ranking #1,506 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bwxt ranks #15,166 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 13 technology areas.

#15,166
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.7/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,166/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beaverfit
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How Bwxt’s 42.7 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 10.3 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 12.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Bwxt Nuclear… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Bwxt's Innovation Score is 42.7/100 (top 30% 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 Bwxt?

Each dot is one of Bwxt’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). Bwxt’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bwxt's grants concentrate

Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 42.1% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Bwxt sits between Biotronik VI Patent AG and Bell Biosystems, Inc..

Bwxt's three-year grant acceleration

Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Biotronik VI Pate…

19
Bluerisc

19
Bobst Lyon

19
Boge Elastmetall

19
Beaverfit

19
Beijing Smarter E…

19
Bel Fuse (Macao C…

19
Bell Biosystems

19
Bwxt Nuclear Oper… ◀

19

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.

Companies ranked near Bwxt

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,143 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

G21C - Nuclear Reactors 8

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

C22C - Alloys 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 42.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #15,166 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. against Biotronik VI Patent AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.7/100 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

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