Where does Saab AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saab AB ranks #1,867 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 Saab AB hold?

Saab AB holds 215 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 119 technology areas.

What is Saab AB's Innovation Score?

Saab AB has an Innovation Score of 58.6 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Saab AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saab AB's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 Saab AB's patents?

Saab AB's patents average 14.9 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 Saab AB 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 Foreign Corporation

Saab AB

Q: What technology areas does Saab AB focus on?

Saab AB's top technology area is 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) with 47 patents, ranking #134 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 119 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 215 granted patents across 119 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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 Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saab ranks #1,867 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 215 patents across 119 technology areas.

#1,867
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.6/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1867 · Foreign Corporation #1,867 · 215 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 215 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,867/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chicony
CPC-WIDE G01S · 119 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. (±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 Saab’s 58.6 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 18.6 pts (32%) Velocity 6.0 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fidelity Information… · near

59
Guangzhou China… · near

59
Saab AB · this assignee

59
Stora Enso OYJ · near

59
Zenuity AB · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Saab's Innovation Score is 58.6/100 (top 4% 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 Saab?

Each dot is one of Saab’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). Saab’s own 14.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Saab's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Saab AB received 88 grants versus 111 in 2015–2019 (-21% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 48 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 11. Lead class G01S accounts for 21.9% of the portfolio across 119 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Pantech Corporation (#1,863) and AWI Licensing LLC (#1,871).

Saab's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Saab AB moved from 54 to 49 grants (0.91x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,448. See the growth leaderboard.

Pantech

216
Chicony

215
Ge-hitachi Nuclea…

215
Hulu

215
Ticona

215
Westerngeco L L C

215
Zoetis Services

215
Saab AB ◀

215
AWI Licensing

214

What this shows Saab holds 215 patents at rank #1,867, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Saab

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,867 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Saab, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01S (Radio Direction-finding), Saab ranks #134 of 3,153 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Stora Enso OYJ 59 Fidelity Information Services, LLC 59 Guangzhou China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. 59 Zenuity AB 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).

AMS Sensors Singapore PTE. Ltd. 14.9 avg Bayer Cropscience Aktiengesellschaft 14.9 avg Robe lighting s.r.o. 14.9 avg Sensus Spectrum, LLC 14.9 avg

Saab's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Saab AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	48	22.3%
2016	20	9.3%
2017	15	7.0%
2018	13	6.0%
2019	15	7.0%
2020	21	9.8%
2021	18	8.4%
2022	11	5.1%
2023	14	6.5%
2024	24	11.2%
2025partial year	16	7.4%

Which technologies does Saab AB patent most?

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 47

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 40

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 30

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 28

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 21

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 17

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 17

F41F - Apparatus FOR Launching Projectiles OR Missiles From Barrels, e.g. Cannons ; Launchers FOR Rockets OR TORPEDOES; Harpoon Guns 16

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 14

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 9

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 8

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 8

Top 15 of 119 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

Saab AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saab AB's lead technology class is 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 Arra), 21.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #1,867 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saab AB against Pantech Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.6/100 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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