Where does The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. ranks #11,469 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 The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. hold?

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. focus on?

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 15 patents, ranking #2,636 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +425% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.'s patents?

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.'s patents average 20.5 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 The Boston Consulting 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

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 12 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #11,469 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 12 technology areas.

#11,469
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 20.5
avg claims per patent: +425%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11469 · US Corporation #11,469 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,469/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teradici
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +425% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teradici Co. (±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 The’s 56.0 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 11.5 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 12.2 pts (22%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Beijing Roborock… · near

56
Southern Research… · near

56
The Boston Consultin… · this assignee

56
Hangzhou Dianzi… · near

56
Portland State… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 20.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, The sits between Teradici Co. and Thermo Electron LED GmbH.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. shows 18 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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What this shows The holds 27 patents at rank #11,482, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,482 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), The ranks #2,636 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Southern Research Institute 56 Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd. 56 Hangzhou Dianzi University 56 Portland State University 56

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.7%
2016	1	3.7%
2018	2	7.4%
2020	2	7.4%
2021	1	3.7%
2022	7	25.9%
2023	2	7.4%
2024	9	33.3%
2025partial year	2	7.4%

Which technologies does The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 15

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 12 of 12 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

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #11,469 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. against Teradici Co., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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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