BASF has a total of 83634 patents globally, out of which 34714 have been granted. Of these 83634 patents, more than 73% patents are active. Europe (EPO) is where BASF has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by United States of America and China. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also Germany is the origin country of BASF.
BASF was founded in the year 1865. The company is a chemical company and also operates in six segments, including chemicals, plastics, performance products, functional solutions, agricultural solutions, and oil and gas. BASF offers products for the chemical, automotive, construction, agriculture, oil, plastics, electrical, electronics, furniture, and paper industries, and provides a range of system solutions and services.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of BASF which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find BASF patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over BASF patent portfolio.
How many patents does BASF have?
BASF has a total of 83634 patents globally. These patents belong to 32211 unique patent families. Out of 83634 patents, 61823 patents are active.
How Many Patents did BASF File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | BASF Applications Filed | BASF Patents Granted |
| 2025 | 71 | 682 |
| 2024 | 1342 | 2873 |
| 2023 | 3191 | 2994 |
| 2022 | 5135 | 2960 |
| 2021 | 5568 | 3535 |
| 2020 | 6425 | 3715 |
| 2019 | 6115 | 3285 |
| 2018 | 6643 | 3444 |
| 2017 | 6837 | 3587 |
| 2016 | 7126 | 3776 |
| 2015 | 7217 | 3863 |
How many BASF patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did BASF File in Different Countries?
Countries in which BASF Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| Europe (EPO) | 10769 |
| United States of America | 9844 |
| China | 8809 |
| Japan | 6624 |
| Brazil | 6073 |
| Korea (South) | 5099 |
| India | 3755 |
| Canada | 2841 |
| Mexico | 2293 |
| Australia | 2000 |
| Spain | 1573 |
| Russia | 1537 |
| South Africa | 1501 |
| Poland | 1168 |
| Taiwan | 1166 |
| Argentina | 1014 |
| Malaysia | 1006 |
| Indonesia | 872 |
| Turkey | 786 |
| Israel | 717 |
| Singapore | 706 |
| Ireland | 538 |
| Thailand | 535 |
| Eurasia | 514 |
| Hungary | 455 |
| Gulf Cooperation Council | 370 |
| Denmark | 363 |
| Germany | 342 |
| Viet Nam | 335 |
| Portugal | 285 |
| Ukraine | 249 |
| Philippines | 219 |
| Saudi Arabia | 210 |
| Costa Rica | 121 |
| Colombia | 113 |
| France | 93 |
| Morocco | 52 |
| Uruguay | 52 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 52 |
| Serbia | 52 |
| Slovenia | 51 |
| Norway | 44 |
| Finland | 44 |
| Croatia | 40 |
| New Zealand | 40 |
| Lithuania | 33 |
| Africa | 24 |
| Tunisia | 18 |
| Romania | 16 |
| Republic of Moldova | 14 |
| Bulgaria | 13 |
| United Kingdom | 11 |
| Ecuador | 10 |
| Mongolia | 9 |
| Latvia | 9 |
| Czech Republic | 8 |
| Netherlands | 8 |
| Belgium | 7 |
| Iran | 4 |
| Georgia | 4 |
| Cuba | 3 |
| Austria | 2 |
| Belarus | 2 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Macao | 1 |
What Percentage of BASF US Patent Applications were Granted?
BASF (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 11107 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 6257 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 66.01%.
Below are the key stats of BASF patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms are managing US Patents for BASF?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath Llp | 2236 | 70.84% |
| Oblon Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt Llp | 1566 | 41.73% |
| BASF (Inhouse IP Dept.) | 1086 | 99.34% |
| Marshall Gerstein & Borun Llp | 1072 | 68.33% |
| Polsinelli Pc | 922 | 61.61% |
| Crowell & Moring Llp | 825 | 73.30% |
| Patent Docket Department | 666 | 67.43% |
| Gruneberg And Myers Pllc | 374 | 77.80% |
| Arentfox Schiff Llp | 268 | 77.44% |
| Lowenstein Sandler Llp | 201 | 69.92% |
What are BASF key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by BASF?
The chart below distributes patents filed by BASF in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where BASF thinks it’s important to protect particular technological inventions.
R&D Focus: How has BASF search focus changed over the years?
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