Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
7,746 patents granted to the 12 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 Baker Hughes Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
7,746
7,706 utility, 21 reissue, 19 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
27
Against 41 in 2024 and 63 in 2023
Applications published
6,677
11 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
12
a subsidiary, a former name, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Civil engineering144
Measurement76
Basic materials chemistry42
Computer technology37
Engines, pumps, turbines36
Materials, metallurgy25
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy15
Environmental technology13
Chemical engineering9
Surface technology, coating8
Audio-visual technology8
Machine tools8
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name12 counted
Baker Hughes Holdings LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 6 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
4,950 publishedBaker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
575 publishedBaker Hughes Incorporated its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
570 publishedNUOVO PIGNONE SPA a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
75 publishedBaker Hughes, a GE company, LLC a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
194 publishedNUOVO PIGNONE SRL a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
38 publishedBaker Hughes Holdings LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
137 publishedNuovo Pignone Srl a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in IT. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IL, printed in FI)
136 publishedBaker Hughes Energy Services LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedBaker Hughes Energy Services LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedBaker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC, a Delaware Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedNuovopignone a subsidiary
IT, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,510,876 | Machine state visualization | Computer technology | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,504,587 | Sealable fiber optic cable connection system | Optics | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,503,917 | Self-aligning bearing assembly for downhole motors | Civil engineering | Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,498,344 | Sensing unit with functionalized electrodes | Measurement | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 12,491,624 | Industrial borescope system with adjustable stiffness insertion tube | Handling | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,480,891 | Manipulating and inspecting large and heavy components | Measurement | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 12,480,793 | In situ ultrasonic flow meter validation | Measurement | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 12,469,125 | Inspection device articulation transformation based on image transformation | Measurement | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 12,449,949 | Interactive measurement based on three-dimensional representations of objects | Computer technology | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,444,099 | Systems and methods for computed tomography inaccuracy compensation | Computer technology | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0377251 | IN-LINE HARMONIC REMOVAL PROCESSING WITH DISCOUNTED AVERAGING | Measurement | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 2025/0297986 | GAS ANALYZER | Measurement | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Sep 18, 2025 | 2025/0290875 | FLEXIBLE DIGITAL DETECTOR ARRAY | Audio-visual technology | Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC |
| Aug 14, 2025 | 2025/0259294 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING SCENE-BASED USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS | Computer technology | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Jul 17, 2025 | 2025/0231117 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASURING AN ANGLE BETWEEN TWO SURFACES | Measurement | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| May 8, 2025 | 2025/0148056 | COMPUTER VISION INFERENCING FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING | Computer technology | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Apr 10, 2025 | 2025/0116855 | Using Force Sensing to Prevent Borescope Damage | Measurement | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 2025/0095136 | ANALYZING MECHANICAL COMPONENTS | Computer technology | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 2025/0076210 | DISPLAYING MULTI-STAGE NDT ANALYTIC INFORMATION | Computer technology | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 2025/0052996 | AUTOMATIC SLAP IMPACT MITIGATION SYSTEM | Optics | Baker Hughes Holdings LLC |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Measurement 21 · Computer technology 16 · Control 3 · Optics 3 · Audio-visual technology 3 · Civil engineering 2.
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.