Where does Airbus Americas, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Airbus Americas, Inc. ranks #23,819 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 Airbus Americas, Inc. hold?

Airbus Americas, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Airbus Americas, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Airbus Americas, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Airbus Americas, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Airbus Americas, Inc.'s patents average 17.4 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 Airbus Americas, 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

Airbus Americas, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Airbus Americas, Inc. focus on?

Airbus Americas, Inc.'s top technology area is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft) with 10 patents, ranking #157 of 799 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Airbus ranks #23,819 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 14 technology areas.

#23,819
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23819 · US Corporation #23,819 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #23,819/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AiFi
CPC-FOCUS B64D · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AiFi Inc. (±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 Airbus’s 47.8 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 8.6 pts (18%) Velocity 15.6 pts (33%) Breadth 13.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airbus Americas · this assignee

48
DTS · near

48
Hongik University… · near

48
Ningbo Tuotuo River… · near

48
Pluto · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Airbus's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 Airbus?

Each dot is one of Airbus’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). Airbus’s own 17.4 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.

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

Where Airbus's grants concentrate

Airbus Americas, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Airbus sits between AiFi Inc. and Alcohol Countermeasure Systems (International) Inc..

Airbus's three-year grant acceleration

Airbus Americas, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Aifi

11
Aimi

11
Aintu

11
Air Liquide Medic…

11
Aircraft Owners a…

11
Alacritech

11
Alamak Bioscience…

11
Alcohol Counterme…

11
Airbus Americas ◀

11

What this shows Airbus holds 11 patents at rank #23,892, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Airbus

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,892 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Airbus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft), Airbus ranks #157 of 799 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Hongik University Industry-academia Cooperation Foundation 48 Pluto Inc. 48 Ningbo Tuotuo River Design Company 48 DTS, Inc. 48

Airbus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Airbus Americas, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	9.1%
2021	2	18.2%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	4	36.4%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Airbus Americas, Inc. patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 10

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 7

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 4

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 2

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 2

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 2

B01D - Separation 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

B30B - Presses IN General 1

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Top 14 of 14 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

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

Airbus Americas, Inc.'s lead technology class is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #23,819 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Airbus Americas, Inc. against AiFi Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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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