Boeing Company (BA)
NYSE: BA · Aircraft · Arlington, VA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202622,817 patents granted to the 8 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Boeing Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
22,817
22,544 utility, 258 design, 15 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
818
Against 832 in 2024 and 870 in 2023
Applications published
16,803
828 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Transport1,134
Other special machines683
Computer technology399
Measurement364
Control292
Surface technology, coating218
Machine tools213
Mechanical elements211
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy182
Telecommunications151
Digital communication114
Engines, pumps, turbines103
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
The Boeing Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IL, printed in GB)
8,815 published
The Boeing Company its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IL)
7,577 published
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
240 published
IN-SITU, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 56 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US-CO, printed in US-WY, printed in US-CA). PatentsView's organization IN-SITU, INC. holds two companies' patents: Insitu's unmanned aircraft patents, printed in Bingen, Washington (113 of 161), and those of In-Situ, a maker of water instruments printed in Fort Collins, Colorado and Laramie, Wyoming (46). Boeing's exhibit lists Insitu, Inc. as a Washington company, so only the patents printed in Washington count for Boeing.
26 published
Insitu, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 21 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US-CO, printed in US-MA). PatentsView's organization IN-SITU, INC. holds two companies' patents: Insitu's unmanned aircraft patents, printed in Bingen, Washington (113 of 161), and those of In-Situ, a maker of water instruments printed in Fort Collins, Colorado and Laramie, Wyoming (46). Boeing's exhibit lists Insitu, Inc. as a Washington company, so only the patents printed in Washington count for Boeing.
72 published
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
39 published
BOEING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
31 published
Insitu, Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 published
Names not counted (4)
Astro Limited
Most of its patents print TW; this name counts in BM. 9 granted and 12 published under it are not counted.
Astro Limited
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in BM. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Astro Limited
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in BM. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
BOEING CO
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 311 · Computer technology 214 · Other special machines 184 · Control 160 · Measurement 156 · Machine tools 66.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.