BHP Group Limited (BHP)
NYSE: BHP · Metal Mining · Victoria Australia, AU · filing with the SEC since 1996
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026124 patents granted to the 6 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 BHP Group Limited’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
124
121 utility, 2 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
6
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
6
a former 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.
Under which name6 counted
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited a former name
AU, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
BHP Minerals International Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. a subsidiary
AU, as the owner printed on each patent
6 published
BHP Copper Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
BHP Billiton Pty Ltd a former name
AU, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Rio Algom Limited a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (5)
BHP BILLITON LTD
Most of its patents print ZA; this name counts in AU. 8 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
BHP Chile Inc.
Most of its patents print CL; this name counts in US. 6 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
BHP Chile Inc.
Most of its patents print CL; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
BHP LTD
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in AU. 5 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
BHP BILLITON LTD
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
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2015 | 9,028,782 | Processing nickel bearing sulphides | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
| Jun 24, 2014 | 8,758,479 | Nickel recovery from a high ferrous content laterite ore | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
| Jun 17, 2014 | 8,753,593 | Processing nickel bearing sulphides | Chemical engineering | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
| May 27, 2014 | 8,734,757 | Odor control | Chemical engineering | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
| Jun 4, 2013 | 8,454,723 | Saprolite neutralisation of heap leach process | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
| Feb 5, 2013 | 8,366,801 | Atmospheric acid leach process for laterites | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
| Oct 30, 2012 | 8,298,501 | Process for forming high density sulfides | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
| Sep 18, 2012 | 8,268,039 | Process for atmospheric leaching of laterite ores using hypersaline leach solution | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
| Jun 12, 2012 | 8,197,575 | Laterite heap leaching with ferrous lixiviants | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
| Aug 2, 2011 | 7,988,938 | Selectively leaching cobalt from lateritic ores | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2015 | 2015/0152519 | Removal of Ferric Iron as Hematite at Atmospheric Pressure | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. · patent 9,920,397 granted from it |
| Jan 1, 2015 | 2015/0000466 | Production of High Grade Nickel Product | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. · patent 9,481,919 granted from it |
| May 26, 2011 | 2011/0123418 | Process for Forming High Density Sulfides | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. · patent 8,298,501 granted from it |
| Nov 25, 2010 | 2010/0296988 | SELECTIVELY LEACHING COBALT FROM LATERITIC ORES | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. · patent 7,988,938 granted from it |
| Nov 11, 2010 | 2010/0282024 | Limonite and Saprolite Heap Leach Process | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. |
| Jun 24, 2010 | 2010/0154593 | Production of Metallic Nickel with Low Iron Content | Materials, metallurgy | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd. · patent 7,935,171 granted from it |
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.