Where does European Space Agency rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), European Space Agency ranks #6,644 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 European Space Agency hold?

European Space Agency holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is European Space Agency's Innovation Score?

European Space Agency has an Innovation Score of 53.1 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does European Space Agency focus on?

European Space Agency's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 15 patents, ranking #600 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

Is European Space Agency's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

European Space Agency's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 European Space Agency's patents?

European Space Agency'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 European Space Agency 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 Government

European Space Agency

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 44 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, European ranks #6,644 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 44 technology areas.

#6,644
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.1/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6644 · Foreign Government #6,644 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,644/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Daiki
CPC-WIDE H04B · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNGOV Foreign Gov
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Daiki 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 European’s 53.1 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 13.6 pts (26%) Velocity 5.8 pts (11%) Breadth 23.5 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Automotive Research… · near

53
European Space Agency · this assignee

53
Kennametal India · near

53
PetroChina · near

53
STMicroelectronics… · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows European's Innovation Score is 53.1/100 (top 9% 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 European?

Each dot is one of European’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). European’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where European's grants concentrate

European Space Agency is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 30% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, European sits between Daiki Co., Ltd. and Formosa Plastics Corporation.

European's three-year grant acceleration

European Space Agency shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Daiki

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Dana Motion Syste…

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Damaka

50
Dyne Therapeutics

50
F5

50
Fluid Handling

50
Focaltech Systems

50
Formosa Plastics

50
European Space Ag… ◀

50

What this shows European holds 50 patents at rank #6,644, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near European

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,644 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for European, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04B (Transmission), European ranks #600 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Automotive Research & Testing Center 53 PetroChina Company Limited 53 Kennametal India Ltd. 53 STMicroelectronics Design & Application S.R.O. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

The University of Nottingham 17.1 avg Elenion Technologies, LLC 17.1 avg Nchain Licensing AG 17.1 avg Vanderbilt University 17.1 avg

European's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

View data table

European Space Agency patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.0%
2016	5	10.0%
2017	3	6.0%
2018	7	14.0%
2019	8	16.0%
2020	4	8.0%
2021	4	8.0%
2022	4	8.0%
2023	5	10.0%
2024	5	10.0%
2025partial year	3	6.0%

Which technologies does European Space Agency patent most?

H04B - Transmission 15

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 9

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 8

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 8

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

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 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

Top 15 of 44 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

European Space Agency's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

European Space Agency's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #6,644 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare European Space Agency against Daiki Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.1/100 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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