Where does Planet Labs PBC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Planet Labs PBC ranks #29,787 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 PBC hold?

Planet Labs PBC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Planet Labs PBC's Innovation Score?

Planet Labs PBC has an Innovation Score of 51.1 out of 100 (top 12% 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 PBC focus on?

Planet Labs PBC's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 6 patents, ranking #1,151 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Planet Labs PBC.

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

Planet Labs PBC's patents average 20.0 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 PBC 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 PBC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: H04B (Transmission).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Planet ranks #29,787 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 10 technology areas.

#29,787
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29787 · US Corporation #29,787 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,787/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pinnacle Seed
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pinnacle Seed, 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 Planet’s 51.1 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 8.0 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 11.2 pts (22%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Planet Labs PBC · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Planet's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (top 12% 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 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 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 PBC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Planet sits between Pinnacle Seed, Inc. and PNI Sensor.

Planet's three-year grant acceleration

Planet Labs PBC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Pinnacle Seed

9
Pipl

9
Piramal Pharma

9
Pitt-ohio Express

9
Plantarc BIO

9
Playfusion

9
Plumettaz Holding

9
PNI Sensor

9
Planet Labs PBC ◀

9

What this shows Planet holds 9 patents at rank #29,730, 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 #29,730 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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)

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Planet Labs PBC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	3	33.3%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	2	22.2%
2025partial year	3	33.3%

Which technologies does Planet Labs PBC patent most?

H04B - Transmission 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 3

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

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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 1

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

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Planet Labs PBC's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #29,787 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Planet Labs PBC against Pinnacle Seed, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.1/100 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.