Where does Orbital Research Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Orbital Research Inc. ranks #3,937 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 Orbital Research Inc. hold?

Orbital Research Inc. holds 92 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Orbital Research Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Orbital Research Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.0 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 Orbital Research Inc. focus on?

Orbital Research Inc.'s top technology area is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition) with 43 patents, ranking #8 of 331 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

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

Orbital Research Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +52% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Orbital Research Inc.'s patents?

Orbital Research Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 Orbital Research 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

Orbital Research Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 92 granted patents across 29 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Orbital ranks #3,937 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 92 patents across 29 technology areas.

#3,937
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.0/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3937 · US Corporation #3,937 · 92 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 92 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,937/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MongoDB
CPC-FOCUS F42B · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MongoDB, 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.

How Orbital’s 52.0 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 15.7 pts (30%) Velocity 6.2 pts (12%) Breadth 19.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Akamai · near

52
Orbital Research · this assignee

52
Somerset Therapeutics · near

52
Staples · near

52
SmartDrive Systems · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Orbital's Innovation Score is 52.0/100 (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 Orbital?

Each dot is one of Orbital’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). Orbital’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Orbital's grants concentrate

Orbital Research Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 46.7% of grants classified under F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (13 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Orbital sits between MongoDB, Inc. and Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen.

Orbital's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Orbital Research Inc. moved from 29 to 27 grants (0.93x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Mongodb

92
Morphotrust USA

92
Nautilus

92
Nicoventures Hold…

92
Puzhen Life

92
Qlogic

92
Safran Landing Sy…

92
Saint-gobain Cent…

92
Orbital Research ◀

92

What this shows Orbital holds 92 patents at rank #3,937, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Orbital

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,937 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Orbital, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F42B (Explosive Charges), Orbital ranks #8 of 331 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Staples, Inc. 52 Akamai Technologies, Inc. 52 Somerset Therapeutics, LLC 52 SmartDrive Systems, Inc. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

Celgene Quanticel Research, Inc. 18.4 avg Smartsky Networks LLC 18.4 avg InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS 18.4 avg Chegg, Inc. 18.4 avg

Orbital'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Orbital Research Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.3%
2016	4	4.3%
2017	12	13.0%
2018	8	8.7%
2019	6	6.5%
2020	10	10.9%
2021	13	14.1%
2022	9	9.8%
2023	9	9.8%
2024	9	9.8%
2025partial year	9	9.8%

Which technologies does Orbital Research Inc. patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 43

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 34

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 24

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 20

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 13

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 11

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 9

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 9

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 9

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 8

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 8

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 5

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

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

Orbital Research Inc.'s lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 46.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #3,937 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Orbital Research Inc. against MongoDB, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.0/100 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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