BRP Patents – Key Insights and Stats

BRP has a total of 2793 patents globally, out of which 1991 have been granted. Of these 2793 patents, more than 50% patents are active. United States of America is where BRP has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Canada and China. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also Canada is the origin country of BRP.

BRP was founded in the year 2003. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes recreational vehicles. The Company offers watercrafts, sport boats, snowmobiles, pontoons, marine propulsion systems and all-terrain and utility vehicles, as well as engines for karts, motorcycles and recreational aircrafts. As of April 2023, the market cap of BRP is $1.6 Billion.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of BRP which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find BRP patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over BRP patent portfolio.

How many patents does the founder and the CEO of BRP have?

The founder Joseph Armand Bombardier has 29 patents and CEO Jose Boisjoli has 3 patents.

How many patents does BRP have?

BRP has a total of 2793 patents globally. These patents belong to 1317 unique patent families. Out of 2793 patents, 1421 patents are active.

How Many Patents did BRP File Every Year?

BRP Patent Filing Trend

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 GrantBRP Applications FiledBRP Patents Granted
20236
202251115
202145109
2020123128
201911794
201815990
2017165107
201611971
201514462
201412490
201312279
20128681

How many BRP patents are Alive/Dead?

BRP Patent Portfolio

How Many Patents did BRP File in Different Countries?

BRP Worldwide Patent Filing

Countries in which BRP Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America1471
Canada414
China202
Europe173
Russia125
Germany83
United Kingdom46
Austria27
Spain22
Italy14
Australia8
Mexico3
India2
Brazil1
France1
Japan1

Where are Research Centres of BRP Patents Located?

R&D Centers of BRP

10 Best BRP Patents

US6799781B2 is the most popular patent in the BRP portfolio. It has received 165 citations so far from companies like Honda Motor, Polaris Industries and Suzuki.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of BRP:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US6799781B2165
US20040110565A1148
US6523634B1146
US6801849B2123
US7648148B1122
US6626260B2113
US6547027B1111
US6732830B2106
US20070256882A195
US20060180372A194

How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to BRP patents?

The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to BRP invention. They couldn’t because BRP had protected those before them.

Examiners at the USPTO referred 320 BRP patents in 1037 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).

The top citing companies in the BRP patent portfolio are Yamaha, Polaris Industries and Bank of Montreal.

List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing BRP –

CompanyNumber of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing BRP PatentsNumber of Rejections (102 & 103)
Yamaha49107
Polaris Industries48146
Bank of Montreal4586
Honda Motor3049
Kawasaki Heavy Industries1526
Arctic Cat1426
Ford1015
Individual713
Gm Global Technology711
Suzuki611

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on BRP Patents

Top BRP Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US7712557B210
US6609771B28
US7543672B27
US8123240B27
US9981519B27
US7441788B26
US6583355B26
US6862977B26
US6524146B25
US20060180372A15
US7530345B15
US8464684B25
US6799781B25
US7128014B24
US6896087B24

What Percentage of BRP US Patent Applications were Granted?

BRP (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 1299 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 1116 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 89.28%.

Below are the key stats of BRP patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for BRP?

Law FirmTotal ApplicationsSuccess Rate
BCF103691.92%
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman6543.08%
Ronald A Sandler62100.00%
Robert E Clemency2996.55%
Patrick S Yoder17100.00%
BRP6100.00%
Jones Day Reavis & Pogue5100.00%
Dennis M Flaherty4100.00%
John S Beulick4100.00%
Merchant & Gould4100.00%

What are BRP key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by BRP?

The chart below distributes patents filed by BRP in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where BRP thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has BRP search focus changed over the years?

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