Where does Planet Labs Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Planet Labs Inc. ranks #16,286 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 Planet Labs Inc. hold?

Planet Labs Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Planet Labs Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Planet Labs Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.2 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Planet Labs Inc. focus on?

Planet Labs Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 7 patents, ranking #1,686 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

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

Planet Labs Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Planet Labs Inc.'s patents?

Planet Labs Inc.'s patents average 20.7 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 Planet Labs 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

Planet Labs Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Planet ranks #16,286 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 19 technology areas.

#16,286
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16286 · US Corporation #16,286 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,286/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pet Fusion
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pet Fusion, 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 Planet’s 39.2 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 10.2 pts (26%) Velocity 1.2 pts (3%) Breadth 15.4 pts (39%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Planet Labs · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Planet's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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 Planet?

Each dot is one of Planet’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). Planet’s own 20.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Planet's grants concentrate

Planet Labs Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 38.9% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Planet sits between Pet Fusion, LLC and Protenus, Inc..

Planet's three-year grant acceleration

Planet Labs Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Pet Fusion

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What this shows Planet holds 18 patents at rank #16,290, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Planet

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,290 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Planet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Planet Labs Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.6%
2018	4	22.2%
2019	4	22.2%
2020	5	27.8%
2021	2	11.1%
2022	1	5.6%
2023	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Planet Labs Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 6

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

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 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

H04B - Transmission 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Top 15 of 19 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

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

Planet Labs Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 38.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #16,286 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Planet Labs Inc. against Pet Fusion, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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.