Where does Planetary Systems Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Planetary Systems Corp. ranks #36,993 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 Planetary Systems Corp. hold?

Planetary Systems Corp. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Planetary Systems Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Planetary Systems Corp. has an Innovation Score of 47.2 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Planetary Systems Corp. focus on?

Planetary Systems Corp.'s top technology area is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor) with 7 patents, ranking #48 of 230 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Planetary Systems Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Planetary Systems Corp.'s recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Planetary Systems Corp.'s patents?

Planetary Systems Corp.'s patents average 28.9 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 Planetary Systems Corp. 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

Planetary Systems Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Planetary ranks #36,993 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#36,993
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.2/100): 28.9
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36993 · US Corporation #36,993 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,993/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pixie Dust
CPC-NARROW B64G · 2 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pixie Dust Technologies, 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 Planetary’s 47.2 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 7.2 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 5.0 pts (11%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Planetary Systems · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Planetary's Innovation Score is 47.2/100 (top 19% 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 Planetary?

Each dot is one of Planetary’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). Planetary’s own 28.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Planetary's grants concentrate

Planetary Systems Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Planetary sits between Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. and Platech Co., Ltd..

Planetary's three-year grant acceleration

Planetary Systems Corp. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Pixie Dust

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Plasmability

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What this shows Planetary holds 7 patents at rank #37,024, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Planetary

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,024 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64G (Cosmonautics)

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

Planetary's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Planetary Systems Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2023	2	28.6%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Planetary Systems Corp. patent most?

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 7

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 2

Top 2 of 2 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

Planetary Systems Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Planetary Systems Corp.'s lead technology class is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64G
Ranked #36,993 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Planetary Systems Corp. against Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.2/100 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

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