Where does Orbital Sciences Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Orbital Sciences Corporation ranks #23,145 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 Sciences Corporation hold?

Orbital Sciences Corporation holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Orbital Sciences Corporation's Innovation Score?

Orbital Sciences Corporation has an Innovation Score of 33.4 out of 100 (44th percentile 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 Sciences Corporation focus on?

Orbital Sciences Corporation's top technology area is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials) with 6 patents, ranking #459 of 1,637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Orbital Sciences Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Orbital Sciences Corporation's recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Orbital Sciences Corporation's patents?

Orbital Sciences Corporation's patents average 19.7 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 Sciences 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

Orbital Sciences Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Orbital ranks #23,145 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 13 technology areas.

#23,145
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.4/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23145 · US Corporation #23,145 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,145/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Onstream Media
CPC-FOCUS H01Q · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Onstream Media Corporation (±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 33.4 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 8.9 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Orbital Sciences · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Orbital's Innovation Score is 33.4/100 (44th percentile 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 19.7 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.

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

Where Orbital's grants concentrate

Orbital Sciences Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Orbital sits between Onstream Media Corporation and Orphazyme A/S.

Onstream Media

12
Opendoor Labs

12
Orangedot

12
Orangebox

12
Orbital Traction

12
Oregon Tool

12
Origami Owl

12
Orphazyme A/S

12
Orbital Sciences ◀

12

What this shows Orbital holds 12 patents at rank #23,143, 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 #23,143 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01Q (Antennas)

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

Orbital's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

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 Sciences Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2016	2	16.7%
2017	4	33.3%
2018	2	16.7%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Orbital Sciences Corporation patent most?

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 6

H04B - Transmission 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 2

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 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

F42D - Blasting 1

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 1

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 1

Top 13 of 13 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 Sciences Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Orbital Sciences Corporation's lead technology class is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01Q
Ranked #23,145 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Orbital Sciences Corporation against Onstream Media Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.4/100 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.