USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 185 granted patents across 80 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H04L (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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185

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

18.7

Avg claims per patent

-27%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Raytheon holds 185 US patents across 80 technology areas, rank #2,135 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#2,135
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.2/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -27%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. has been granted 185 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. at rank #2,135 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 80 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04L (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION). As a US Corporation, Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Raytheon sits between Ossur Iceland EHF (185 patents, rank #2,131) and Dart Industries Inc. (184 patents, rank #2,139) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 63.2/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 78 grants, compared with 107 in the 2015–2019 window, a -27% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.'s 18.7 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 80 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Ossur Iceland EHF

185
PETRÓLEO Brasilei…

185
Proterial

185
Perkinelmer Healt…

185
Zedel

185
Raytheon BBN ◀

185
Asics

184
Adtran

184
Dart Industries

184

What this shows Raytheon holds 185 patents at rank #2,135, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Raytheon

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,135 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Raytheon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 50,000 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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Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	9.2%
2016	28	15.1%
2017	25	13.5%
2018	18	9.7%
2019	19	10.3%
2020	10	5.4%
2021	12	6.5%
2022	18	9.7%
2023	23	12.4%
2024	14	7.6%
2025	1	0.5%

Which technologies does Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. patent most?

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 58

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 48

H04B - TRANSMISSION 23

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 20

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 20

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 17

H10D - INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES 15

G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY 13

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 11

G02F - OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS 10

H10N - ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 10

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 9

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 9

H04R - LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS 8

H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL 7

Top 15 of 80 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,135

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. hold?

Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. holds 185 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 80 technology areas.

What is Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. has an Innovation Score of 63.2 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. focus on?

Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.'s top technology area is H04L (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION) with 58 patents. The company has filed patents in 80 CPC subclasses total.

Is Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.'s recent filing velocity is -27% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.'s patents?

Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.'s patents average 18.7 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. 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.

How to use this portfolio

Raytheon's 185 grants land it in the top 2% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Raytheon ranks #2,135 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H04L - see who else leads that technology area. H04L leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.