Where does Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V ranks #44,529 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 Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V hold?

Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V's Innovation Score?

Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V has an Innovation Score of 29.7 out of 100 (32nd 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 Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V focus on?

Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V's top technology area is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor) with 4 patents, ranking #79 of 230 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V's recent grant velocity is +50% 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 Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V's patents?

Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V's patents average 16.8 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 Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V 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

Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Airbus ranks #44,529 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 10 technology areas.

#44,529
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.7/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44529 · Foreign Corporation #44,529 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,529/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aim3d
CPC-FOCUS B64G · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aim3d GmbH (±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 29.7 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 6.2 pts (21%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 11.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Airbus's Innovation Score is 29.7/100 (32nd 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 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 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 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 Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor). By volume, Airbus sits between Aim3d GmbH and Airo Brands, Inc..

Airbus's three-year grant acceleration

Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V shows 1 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.

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What this shows Airbus holds 5 patents at rank #44,458, 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 #44,458 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64G (Cosmonautics)

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

Airbus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V patent most?

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 1

Top 10 of 10 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 Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V's lead technology class is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64G
Ranked #44,529 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Airbus Defence AND Space Netherlands B.V against Aim3d GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.7/100 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

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