Bae Systems Plc patents

Bae Systems Plc holds 1,488 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents1,488
Recent patents331
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 7, 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
2015138
2016158
2017149
2018159
2019137
2020142
2021122
2022121
202395
2024136
2025105
202626
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015138
2016158
2017149
2018159
2019137
2020142
2021122
2022121
202395
2024136
2025105
202626

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
G02B27/017279
B64C39/02457
G02B27/010153
G02B27/01750
B33Y10/0046

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 Bae Systems Plc have in patentsdb?
Bae Systems Plc is linked to 1,488 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Bae Systems Plc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (791); Operations & Transport (608); Electricity (434).
Is Bae Systems Plc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 136 in 2024 and 105 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Bae Systems Plc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.