Where does CAE Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CAE Inc. ranks #4,661 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 CAE Inc. hold?

CAE Inc. holds 75 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is CAE Inc.'s Innovation Score?

CAE Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.7 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is CAE Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CAE Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +6% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for CAE Inc.'s patents?

CAE Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 CAE 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 Foreign Corporation

CAE Inc.

Q: What technology areas does CAE Inc. focus on?

CAE Inc.'s top technology area is G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams) with 45 patents, ranking #12 of 1,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 75 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, CAE ranks #4,661 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 75 patents across 33 technology areas.

#4,661
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4661 · Foreign Corporation #4,661 · 75 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 75 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,661/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ball Aerospace &
CPC-FOCUS G09B · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (±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 CAE’s 51.7 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 15.0 pts (29%) Velocity 5.3 pts (10%) Breadth 20.3 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CAE · this assignee

52
Cognitive Systems · near

52
Institut Polytechniq… · near

52
Loon · near

52
Vetco Gray Scandinav… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows CAE's Innovation Score is 51.7/100 (top 11% 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 CAE?

Each dot is one of CAE’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). CAE’s own 18.5 claims/patent is at or below the 19.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where CAE's grants concentrate

CAE Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, CAE sits between Beekenkamp Plants B.V. and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FREDDIE MAC”).

CAE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, CAE Inc. moved from 25 to 20 grants (0.80x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Beekenkamp Plants…

75
BEN Gurion Univer…

75
Ball Aerospace &

75
Becton Dickinson…

75
Cloudera

75
Crystal IS

75
DE LA RUE Interna…

75
Federal Home Loan…

75
CAE ◀

75

What this shows CAE holds 75 patents at rank #4,661, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CAE

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,661 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09B (Educational OR Demonstration Appliances)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CAE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G09B (Educational OR Demonstration Appliances), CAE ranks #12 of 1,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Institut Polytechnique DE Bordeaux 52 Loon LLC 52 Cognitive Systems Corp. 52 Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Medicaroid Corporation 18.5 avg Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 18.5 avg CareFusion 2200, Inc. 18.5 avg SiLC Technologies, Inc. 18.5 avg

CAE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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CAE Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.3%
2016	10	13.3%
2017	7	9.3%
2018	11	14.7%
2019	7	9.3%
2020	7	9.3%
2021	11	14.7%
2022	12	16.0%
2023	4	5.3%
2024	4	5.3%
2025partial year	1	1.3%

Which technologies does CAE Inc. patent most?

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 45

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 32

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 21

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 9

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 7

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 7

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 6

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

Top 15 of 33 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

CAE Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

CAE Inc.'s lead technology class is G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G09B
Ranked #4,661 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CAE Inc. against Beekenkamp Plants B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.7/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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