Where does Bigelow Aerospace LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bigelow Aerospace LLC ranks #31,017 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 Bigelow Aerospace LLC hold?

Bigelow Aerospace LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Bigelow Aerospace LLC's Innovation Score?

Bigelow Aerospace LLC has an Innovation Score of 15.4 out of 100 (3rd 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 Bigelow Aerospace LLC focus on?

Bigelow Aerospace LLC's top technology area is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor) with 8 patents, ranking #44 of 230 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bigelow Aerospace LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bigelow Aerospace LLC'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 Bigelow Aerospace LLC's patents?

Bigelow Aerospace LLC's patents average 2.9 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 Bigelow Aerospace LLC 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

Bigelow Aerospace LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Bigelow ranks #31,017 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 3 technology areas.

#31,017
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (15.4/100): 2.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31017 · US Corporation #31,017 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,017/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Best Energy Reduction
CPC-NARROW B64G · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 15.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Best Energy Reduction Technologies, LLC (±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 Bigelow’s 15.4 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 7.6 pts (49%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (40%) Claim depth 1.7 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bigelow Aerospace · this assignee

15
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bigelow's Innovation Score is 15.4/100 (3rd 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 Bigelow?

Each dot is one of Bigelow’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). Bigelow’s own 2.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bigelow's grants concentrate

Bigelow Aerospace LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Bigelow sits between Best Energy Reduction Technologies, LLC and Bing Xu Precision Co., Ltd..

Best Energy Reduc…

8
Beyond Zero

8
Bezwada Biomedical

8
Bidirectional Dis…

8
Bigwood Technology

8
Bilkent University

8
Billups

8
Bing Xu Precision

8
Bigelow Aerospace ◀

8

What this shows Bigelow holds 8 patents at rank #31,054, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bigelow

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,054 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64G (Cosmonautics)

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

Bigelow's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

15 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Bigelow Aerospace LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	5	62.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Bigelow Aerospace LLC patent most?

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 8

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

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

Top 3 of 3 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

Bigelow Aerospace LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bigelow Aerospace LLC's lead technology class is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64G
Ranked #31,017 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bigelow Aerospace LLC against Best Energy Reduction Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 15.4/100 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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