Overall rank by patents
#16,562
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H04L (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Airbus ranks #16,562 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 6 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R16562 · Foreign Corporation #16,562 · 17 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Affectlayer, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Airbus DS SLC · this assignee
32 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Airbus DS SLC stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #16,562 of 50,000; Innovation Score 31.7/100 sits in the top 61% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Affectlayer, Inc. (±0 grants).
Airbus DS SLC has been granted 17 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Airbus DS SLC at #16,562 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 6 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04L (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION). As a Foreign Corporation, Airbus DS SLC is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Airbus sits between Affectlayer, Inc. (17 patents, rank #16,547) and Algotec Systems Ltd. (17 patents, rank #16,555) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 31.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 10 grants, compared with 4 in the 2015–2019 window, a +150% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Airbus DS SLC's 10.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 6 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
AFFECTLAYER, INC.
17 patents
AG GROWTH INTERNATIONAL INC.
17 patents
AGATSUMA CO., LTD.
17 patents
AI21 LABS
17 patents
AKITA UNIVERSITY
17 patents
ALCOR SCIENTIFIC LLC
17 patents
ALEXANDER WANG INCORPORATED
17 patents
ALGOTEC SYSTEMS LTD.
17 patents
AIRBUS DS SLC
17 patents
What this shows Airbus holds 17 patents at rank #16,551, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #16,551 in granted patent volume.
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)
32 Top 61% higher than 39% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2019 | 2 | 11.8% |
| 2020 | 3 | 17.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2022 | 4 | 23.5% |
| 2024 | 2 | 11.8% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 17.6% |
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#16,562
of 50,000 tracked assignees
31.7 out of 100
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.