Rolls Royce Plc patents

Rolls Royce Plc holds 5,054 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents5,054
Recent patents1,168
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015365
2016450
2017419
2018430
2019558
2020634
2021484
2022388
2023399
2024400
2025449
202678
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015365
2016450
2017419
2018430
2019558
2020634
2021484
2022388
2023399
2024400
2025449
202678

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
Y02T50/601,678
F05D2220/32813
F05D2220/323691
F02C7/36675
F02K3/06672

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Rolls Royce Plc have in patentsdb?
Rolls Royce Plc is linked to 5,054 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Rolls Royce Plc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Mechanical Engineering (3,950); Cross-Sectional Technologies (2,191); Operations & Transport (1,943).
Is Rolls Royce Plc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 400 in 2024 and 449 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Rolls Royce Plc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.