Where does Rocket Lab USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rocket Lab USA, Inc. ranks #18,055 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 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. hold?

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rocket Lab USA, Inc. focus on?

Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s top technology area is F02K (Jet-propulsion Plants) with 9 patents, ranking #40 of 163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s patents?

Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Rocket Lab USA, 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

Rocket Lab USA, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: F02K (Jet-propulsion Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rocket ranks #18,055 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 20 technology areas.

#18,055
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +1300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18055 · US Corporation #18,055 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,055/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Revalesio
CPC-FOCUS F02K · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Revalesio 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 Rocket’s 43.9 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 9.8 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (15%) Breadth 15.8 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rocket Lab USA · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rocket's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Rocket?

Each dot is one of Rocket’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). Rocket’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Rocket's grants concentrate

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 56.3% of grants classified under F02K (Jet-propulsion Plants). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Rocket sits between Revalesio Corporation and Round Rock Research, LLC.

Rocket's three-year grant acceleration

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Revalesio

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16

What this shows Rocket holds 16 patents at rank #18,054, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rocket

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,054 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02K (Jet-propulsion Plants)

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

Rocket's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Rocket Lab USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	6.3%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	6	37.5%
2022	4	25.0%
2023	2	12.5%
2024	1	6.3%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Rocket Lab USA, Inc. patent most?

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 9

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 7

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 7

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 6

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 6

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 6

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 6

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 6

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 6

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 5

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 5

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 5

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 5

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 5

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 5

Top 15 of 20 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

Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is F02K (Jet-propulsion Plants), 56.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02K
Ranked #18,055 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rocket Lab USA, Inc. against Revalesio Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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