Where does Exelis Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Exelis Inc. ranks #4,465 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 Exelis Inc. hold?

Exelis Inc. holds 79 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Exelis Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Exelis Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.6 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%).

What technology areas does Exelis Inc. focus on?

Exelis Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 14 patents, ranking #937 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

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

Exelis Inc.'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 Exelis Inc.'s patents?

Exelis Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Exelis 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

Exelis Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 79 granted patents across 56 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Exelis ranks #4,465 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 79 patents across 56 technology areas.

#4,465
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.6/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4465 · US Corporation #4,465 · 79 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 79 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,465/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Early Morning
CPC-WIDE G06T · 56 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Early Morning 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 Exelis’s 51.6 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 15.1 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Exelis · this assignee

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FG Innovation · near

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Northvolt AB · near

52
Tactual Labs · near

52
Veolia Water… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Exelis's Innovation Score is 51.6/100 (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 Exelis?

Each dot is one of Exelis’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). Exelis’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Exelis's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Exelis Inc. received 0 grants versus 79 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 39 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 8. Lead class G06T accounts for 17.7% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Early Morning LLC (#4,461) and Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. (#4,469).

Early Morning

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Grand Mate

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Great Plains Manu…

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What this shows Exelis holds 79 patents at rank #4,465, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Exelis

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,465 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Exelis, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation), Exelis ranks #937 of 6,389 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support 52 Tactual Labs Co. 52 FG Innovation Company Limited 52 Northvolt AB 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Titan Medical Inc. 19.2 avg 7-eleven, Inc. 19.2 avg Inphi Corporation 19.2 avg Disney Enterprises, Inc. 19.2 avg

Exelis'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 · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Exelis Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	39	49.4%
2016	32	40.5%
2017	8	10.1%

Which technologies does Exelis Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 14

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 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 9

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 8

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

H04B - Transmission 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

Top 15 of 56 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

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

Exelis Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 17.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #4,465 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Exelis Inc. against Early Morning LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.6/100 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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