Where does Rolls-royce Marine AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rolls-royce Marine AS ranks #20,334 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 Rolls-royce Marine AS hold?

Rolls-royce Marine AS holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Rolls-royce Marine AS's Innovation Score?

Rolls-royce Marine AS has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rolls-royce Marine AS focus on?

Rolls-royce Marine AS's top technology area is B63H (Marine Propulsion OR Steering) with 8 patents, ranking #42 of 250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rolls-royce Marine AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rolls-royce Marine AS's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Rolls-royce Marine AS's patents?

Rolls-royce Marine AS's patents average 15.9 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 Rolls-royce Marine AS 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

Rolls-royce Marine AS

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B63H (Marine Propulsion OR Steering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rolls-royce ranks #20,334 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 17 technology areas.

#20,334
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20334 · Foreign Corporation #20,334 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,334/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Restaurant Technology
CPC-FOCUS B63H · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Restaurant Technology Inc. (±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 Rolls-royce’s 33.5 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 (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.6 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rolls-royce Marine AS · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rolls-royce's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th percentile 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 Rolls-royce?

Each dot is one of Rolls-royce’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). Rolls-royce’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Rolls-royce's grants concentrate

Rolls-royce Marine AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under B63H (Marine Propulsion OR Steering). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Rolls-royce sits between Restaurant Technology Inc. and Royal Holloway AND Bedford NEW College.

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14

What this shows Rolls-royce holds 14 patents at rank #20,306, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rolls-royce

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,306 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63H (Marine Propulsion OR Steering)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Rolls-royce's primary technology class.

Rolls-royce's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Rolls-royce Marine AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	14.3%
2016	1	7.1%
2017	5	35.7%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	3	21.4%
2020	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Rolls-royce Marine AS patent most?

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 8

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 2

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 1

B63J - Auxiliaries ON Vessels 1

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Rolls-royce Marine AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rolls-royce Marine AS's lead technology class is B63H (Marine Propulsion OR Steering), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63H
Ranked #20,334 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rolls-royce Marine AS against Restaurant Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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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