Where does CU Aerospace, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CU Aerospace, LLC ranks #22,429 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 CU Aerospace, LLC hold?

CU Aerospace, LLC holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is CU Aerospace, LLC's Innovation Score?

CU Aerospace, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.4 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does CU Aerospace, LLC focus on?

CU Aerospace, LLC's top technology area is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

CU Aerospace, LLC'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 CU Aerospace, LLC's patents?

CU Aerospace, LLC's patents average 17.1 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 CU 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

CU Aerospace, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 12 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: B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, CU ranks #22,429 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 12 technology areas.

#22,429
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.4/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22429 · US Corporation #22,429 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,429/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Caldera Medical
CPC-FOCUS B64G · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Caldera Medical, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aisin Keikinzoku · near

35
American Wave Machines · near

35
BeamUp · near

35
CU Aerospace · this assignee

35
INCUMEDx · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows CU's Innovation Score is 35.4/100 (top 50% 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.

Where CU's grants concentrate

CU Aerospace, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, CU sits between Cree Lighting USA LLC and Canary Medical Switzerland AG.

CU's three-year grant acceleration

CU Aerospace, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Cree Lighting USA

12
Crown Bioscience…

12
Crystal Internati…

12
CSI Cells

12
Culligan Internat…

12
Caldera Medical

12
California Cooper…

12
Canary Medical Sw…

12
CU Aerospace ◀

12

What this shows CU holds 12 patents at rank #22,380, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CU

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,380 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64G (Cosmonautics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CU, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

INCUMEDx Inc. 35 BeamUp, Ltd. 35 American Wave Machines, Inc. 35 Aisin Keikinzoku Co., Ltd. 35

CU's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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CU Aerospace, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	2	16.7%
2020	2	16.7%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	3	25.0%
2025partial year	2	16.7%

Which technologies does CU Aerospace, LLC patent most?

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 9

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 5

F03H - Producing A Reactive Propulsive Thrust, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 2

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 1

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,429

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

CU Aerospace, LLC's lead technology class is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64G
Ranked #22,429 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CU Aerospace, LLC against Cree Lighting USA LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.4/100 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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