Where does Agence Spatiale Europeenne rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Agence Spatiale Europeenne ranks #17,418 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 Agence Spatiale Europeenne hold?

Agence Spatiale Europeenne holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Agence Spatiale Europeenne's Innovation Score?

Agence Spatiale Europeenne has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Agence Spatiale Europeenne focus on?

Agence Spatiale Europeenne's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 8 patents, ranking #946 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Agence Spatiale Europeenne's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Agence Spatiale Europeenne's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Agence Spatiale Europeenne's patents?

Agence Spatiale Europeenne's patents average 15.9 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 Agence Spatiale Europeenne 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 Foreign Corporation

Agence Spatiale Europeenne

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Agence ranks #17,418 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 16 technology areas.

#17,418
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17418 · Foreign Corporation #17,418 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,418/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Advanced Accelerator…
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Advanced Accelerator Applications SA (±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 Agence’s 33.5 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 9.8 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Agence's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th percentile 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 Agence?

Each dot is one of Agence’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). Agence’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Agence's grants concentrate

Agence Spatiale Europeenne is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Agence sits between Advanced Accelerator Applications SA and Akervall Technologies, Inc..

Advanced Accelera…

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16
Aerobiotix

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Afiniti Internati…

16
Ahp-tech

16
Air Vent

16
Airbus Canada Par…

16
Akervall

16
Agence Spatiale E… ◀

16

What this shows Agence holds 16 patents at rank #17,442, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Agence

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,442 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Agence's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Agence Spatiale Europeenne patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	12.5%
2016	5	31.3%
2017	5	31.3%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Agence Spatiale Europeenne patent most?

H04B - Transmission 8

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Agence Spatiale Europeenne's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Agence Spatiale Europeenne's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #17,418 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Agence Spatiale Europeenne against Advanced Accelerator Applications SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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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