Where does Ricardo UK Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ricardo UK Limited ranks #20,329 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 Ricardo UK Limited hold?

Ricardo UK Limited holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Ricardo UK Limited's Innovation Score?

Ricardo UK Limited has an Innovation Score of 40.4 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ricardo UK Limited focus on?

Ricardo UK Limited's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 6 patents, ranking #1,885 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ricardo UK Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ricardo UK Limited's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Ricardo UK Limited's patents?

Ricardo UK Limited's patents average 16.0 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 Ricardo UK 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

Ricardo UK Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Ricardo ranks #20,329 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 23 technology areas.

#20,329
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20329 · Foreign Corporation #20,329 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,329/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Revision Military
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Revision Military Ltd. (±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 Ricardo’s 40.4 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 9.4 pts (23%) Velocity 4.4 pts (11%) Breadth 17.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Ricardo UK · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Ricardo's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 Ricardo?

Each dot is one of Ricardo’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). Ricardo’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ricardo's grants concentrate

Ricardo UK Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Ricardo sits between Revision Military Ltd. and Rubicon Technologies Holdings, LLC.

Ricardo's three-year grant acceleration

Ricardo UK Limited shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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14

What this shows Ricardo holds 14 patents at rank #20,340, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ricardo

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,340 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Ricardo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ricardo UK Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	14.3%
2016	3	21.4%
2017	4	28.6%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	2	14.3%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Ricardo UK Limited patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

F03D - Wind Motors 3

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 3

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

B01D - Separation 2

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 2

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 1

Top 15 of 23 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

Ricardo UK Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ricardo UK Limited's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #20,329 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ricardo UK Limited against Revision Military Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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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