Where does Delta AIR Lines, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Delta AIR Lines, Inc. ranks #19,658 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 Delta AIR Lines, Inc. hold?

Delta AIR Lines, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Delta AIR Lines, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Delta AIR Lines, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.8 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Delta AIR Lines, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Delta AIR Lines, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +60% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Delta AIR Lines, Inc.'s patents?

Delta AIR Lines, Inc.'s patents average 20.6 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 Delta AIR Lines, 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 US Corporation

Delta AIR Lines, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Delta AIR Lines, Inc. focus on?

Delta AIR Lines, Inc.'s top technology area is B64F (Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide) with 5 patents, ranking #87 of 319 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 29 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: B64F (Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise PR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Delta ranks #19,658 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 29 technology areas.

#19,658
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.8/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: +60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19658 · US Corporation #19,658 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,658/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dartpoint Tech
CPC-FOCUS B64F · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dartpoint Tech. Co., Ltd. (±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 Delta’s 50.8 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 9.4 pts (19%) Velocity 10.0 pts (20%) Breadth 19.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Delta AIR Lines · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Delta's Innovation Score is 50.8/100 (top 12% 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 Delta?

Each dot is one of Delta’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). Delta’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Delta's grants concentrate

Delta AIR Lines, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 35.7% of grants classified under B64F (Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise PR). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Delta sits between Dartpoint Tech. Co., Ltd. and Diality Inc..

Delta's three-year grant acceleration

Delta AIR Lines, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Dartpoint Tech

14
DDS

14
Degremont

14
DEL

14
Design Pool

14
Detectachem

14
DG Holdings

14
Diality

14
Delta AIR Lines ◀

14

What this shows Delta holds 14 patents at rank #19,654, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Delta

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,654 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64F (Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially A…)

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

Delta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Delta AIR Lines, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2017	2	14.3%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	1	7.1%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	4	28.6%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Delta AIR Lines, Inc. patent most?

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 5

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 4

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 2

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G01W - Meteorology 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 1

B60D - Vehicle Connections 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Top 15 of 29 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

Delta AIR Lines, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Delta AIR Lines, Inc.'s lead technology class is B64F (Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise PR), 35.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64F
Ranked #19,658 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Delta AIR Lines, Inc. against Dartpoint Tech. Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.8/100 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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