Where does Lockheed Martin Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lockheed Martin Corporation ranks #290 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 Lockheed Martin Corporation hold?

Lockheed Martin Corporation holds 1,464 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 281 technology areas.

What is Lockheed Martin Corporation's Innovation Score?

Lockheed Martin Corporation has an Innovation Score of 65.1 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lockheed Martin Corporation focus on?

Lockheed Martin Corporation's top technology area is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters) with 159 patents, ranking #14 of 592 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 281 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lockheed Martin Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lockheed Martin Corporation's recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Lockheed Martin Corporation's patents?

Lockheed Martin Corporation's patents average 17.6 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 Lockheed Martin Corporation 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

Lockheed Martin Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,464 granted patents across 281 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: B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lockheed ranks #290 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,464 patents across 281 technology areas.

#290
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.1/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R290 · US Corporation #290 · 1,464 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.5K grants
TOP-DECILE #290/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanya Technology
CPC-BROAD B64C · 281 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanya Technology Corporation (±3 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 Lockheed’s 65.1 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 25.2 pts (39%) Velocity 4.4 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shimano · near

65
Lockheed Martin · this assignee

65
MSG Entertainment… · near

65
Palantir · near

65
Wacom · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lockheed's Innovation Score is 65.1/100 (top 1% 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 Lockheed?

Each dot is one of Lockheed’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). Lockheed’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Lockheed's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Lockheed Martin Corporation received 492 grants versus 923 in 2015–2019 (-47% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 224 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 83. Lead class B64C accounts for 10.9% of the portfolio across 281 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Shimano Inc. (#286) and Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (#294).

Lockheed's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Lockheed Martin Corporation moved from 396 to 259 grants (0.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,298. See the growth leaderboard.

Shimano

1,496
Marvell Internati…

1,491
Altria Client Ser…

1,483
Jpmorgan Chase Ba…

1,478
Lockheed Martin ◀

1,464
Nanya Technology

1,461
EMC

1,455
Hefei Xinsheng Op…

1,455
Toshiba Devices &…

1,454

What this shows Lockheed holds 1,464 patents at rank #290, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lockheed

By rank, the assignees closest to #290 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64C (Aeroplanes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lockheed, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B64C (Aeroplanes), Lockheed ranks #14 of 592 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

MSG Entertainment Group, LLC 65 Palantir Technologies Inc. 65 Wacom Co., Ltd. 65 Shimano Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Globalwafers Co., Ltd. 17.6 avg Sunshine Lake Pharma Co., Ltd. 17.6 avg Dali Systems Co. Ltd 17.6 avg Vibrant Holdings, LLC 17.6 avg

Lockheed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

View data table

Lockheed Martin Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	224	15.3%
2016	194	13.3%
2017	174	11.9%
2018	168	11.5%
2019	163	11.1%
2020	134	9.2%
2021	99	6.8%
2022	92	6.3%
2023	84	5.7%
2024	83	5.7%
2025partial year	49	3.3%

Which technologies does Lockheed Martin Corporation patent most?

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 159

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 135

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 131

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 119

H04B - Transmission 103

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 92

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 88

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 82

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 75

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 73

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 72

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 70

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 67

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 67

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 61

Top 15 of 281 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

Lockheed Martin Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lockheed Martin Corporation's lead technology class is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters), 10.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64C
Ranked #290 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lockheed Martin Corporation against Shimano Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.