Where does AeroVironment, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AeroVironment, Inc. ranks #1,478 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does AeroVironment, Inc. hold?

AeroVironment, Inc. holds 280 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 83 technology areas.

What is AeroVironment, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AeroVironment, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.5 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AeroVironment, Inc. focus on?

AeroVironment, Inc.'s top technology area is B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor) with 180 patents, ranking #4 of 545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 83 CPC subclasses total.

Is AeroVironment, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AeroVironment, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +11% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for AeroVironment, Inc.'s patents?

AeroVironment, Inc.'s patents average 18.0 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the AeroVironment, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

AeroVironment, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 280 granted patents across 83 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aerovironment ranks #1,478 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 280 patents across 83 technology areas.

#1,478
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.5/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1478 · US Corporation #1,478 · 280 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 280 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,478/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Anritsu
CPC-WIDE B64U · 83 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Anritsu Company (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Aerovironment’s 62.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 19.5 pts (31%) Velocity 7.2 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AeroVironment · this assignee

62
Eneos · near

62
Korea University… · near

62
Xiamen Leedarson… · near

62
Oxford University… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aerovironment's Innovation Score is 62.5/100 (top 2% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Aerovironment?

Each dot is one of Aerovironment’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Aerovironment’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Aerovironment vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How Aerovironment's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, AeroVironment, Inc. received 137 grants versus 123 in 2015–2019 (+11% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 32 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 19. Lead class B64U accounts for 64.3% of the portfolio across 83 subclasses. Volume neighbours: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (#1,474) and Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (#1,482).

Aerovironment's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, AeroVironment, Inc. moved from 77 to 83 grants (1.08x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,005. See the growth leaderboard.

GE Infrastructure…

282
Shandong Universi…

281
Sram

281
TC1

281
Anritsu

280
Board OF Regents…

280
Danfoss A/S

280
Government of the…

280
Aerovironment ◀

280

What this shows AeroVironment holds 280 patents at rank #1,478, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AeroVironment

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,478 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV])

Other assignees with the most granted patents in AeroVironment's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AeroVironment, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]), AeroVironment ranks #4 of 545 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Korea University Research and Business Foundation 62 Eneos Corporation 62 Xiamen Leedarson Lighting Co., Ltd 62 Oxford University Innovation Limited 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.0 here).

Autoliv ASP, Inc. 18.0 avg Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GMBH 18.0 avg Basf Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC 18.0 avg Pmc-sierra US, Inc. 18.0 avg

Aerovironment's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

62 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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AeroVironment, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	8.2%
2016	19	6.8%
2017	30	10.7%
2018	28	10.0%
2019	23	8.2%
2020	31	11.1%
2021	23	8.2%
2022	20	7.1%
2023	31	11.1%
2024	32	11.4%
2025partial year	20	7.1%

Which technologies does AeroVironment, Inc. patent most?

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 180

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 130

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 73

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 72

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 53

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 44

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 32

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 28

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 25

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 25

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 24

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 22

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 19

H04B - Transmission 17

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 15

Top 15 of 83 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

AeroVironment, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AeroVironment, Inc.'s lead technology class is B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor), 64.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64U
Ranked #1,478 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AeroVironment, Inc. against GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.5/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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