Where does BYD Company Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BYD Company Limited ranks #696 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 BYD Company Limited hold?

BYD Company Limited holds 651 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 161 technology areas.

What is BYD Company Limited's Innovation Score?

BYD Company Limited has an Innovation Score of 63.9 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%).

Is BYD Company Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BYD Company Limited's recent grant velocity is -16% 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 BYD Company Limited's patents?

BYD Company Limited's patents average 14.5 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 BYD Company Limited 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

BYD Company Limited

Q: What technology areas does BYD Company Limited focus on?

BYD Company Limited's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 203 patents. Grants appear in 161 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 651 granted patents across 161 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BYD ranks #696 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 651 patents across 161 technology areas.

#696
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.9/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: -16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R696 · Foreign Corporation #696 · 651 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 651 grants
TOP-DECILE #696/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH British Telecommunic…
CPC-WIDE Y02T · 161 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: British Telecommunications public limited company (±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
Advanced New · near

64
Facebook · near

64
L'Air Liquide… · near

64
BYD · this assignee

64
Battelle Energy… · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BYD's Innovation Score is 63.9/100 (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.

How BYD's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, BYD Company Limited received 271 grants versus 322 in 2015–2019 (-16% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 92 grants and bottomed in 2020 at 38. Lead class Y02T accounts for 31.2% of the portfolio across 161 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hughes Network Systems, LLC (#692) and Continental Automotive Systems Inc. (#700).

BYD's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, BYD Company Limited moved from 161 to 188 grants (1.17x 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 #841. See the growth leaderboard.

Hughes Network Sy…

652
Incyte

652
University of Sou…

652
British Telecommu…

651
Time Warner Cable…

651
BYD ◀

651
Huawei Device

649
Mitsui Chemicals

649
Continental Autom…

648

What this shows BYD holds 651 patents at rank #696, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BYD

By rank, the assignees closest to #696 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BYD, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude 64 Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. 64 Facebook Technologies, LLC 64 Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.5 here).

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. 14.5 avg The Hospital for Sick Children 14.5 avg Ansaldo Energia IP UK Limited 14.5 avg Genethon 14.5 avg

BYD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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BYD Company Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	53	8.1%
2016	47	7.2%
2017	64	9.8%
2018	80	12.3%
2019	78	12.0%
2020	38	5.8%
2021	45	6.9%
2022	58	8.9%
2023	38	5.8%
2024	92	14.1%
2025partial year	58	8.9%

Which technologies does BYD Company Limited patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 203

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 166

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 146

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 143

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 95

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 81

F16H - Gearing 57

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 54

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 50

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 45

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 42

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 34

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 32

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 28

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 26

Top 15 of 161 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#696

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.9 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

BYD Company Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BYD Company Limited's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 31.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #696 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BYD Company Limited against Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.9/100 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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