Where does Safe Flight Instrument, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Safe Flight Instrument, LLC ranks #21,715 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 Safe Flight Instrument, LLC hold?

Safe Flight Instrument, LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Safe Flight Instrument, LLC's Innovation Score?

Safe Flight Instrument, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.7 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Safe Flight Instrument, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Safe Flight Instrument, LLC's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Safe Flight Instrument, LLC's patents?

Safe Flight Instrument, LLC's patents average 30.6 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 Safe Flight Instrument, LLC 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

Safe Flight Instrument, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Safe Flight Instrument, LLC focus on?

Safe Flight Instrument, LLC's top technology area is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft) with 10 patents, ranking #157 of 799 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safe ranks #21,715 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 12 technology areas.

#21,715
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.7/100): 30.6
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21715 · US Corporation #21,715 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,715/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safe Life Defense L…
CPC-FOCUS B64D · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. (±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 Safe’s 39.7 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 9.1 pts (23%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 12.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Safe Flight Instrument · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Safe's Innovation Score is 39.7/100 (top 37% 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 Safe?

Each dot is one of Safe’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). Safe’s own 30.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Safe's grants concentrate

Safe Flight Instrument, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 76.9% of grants classified under B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Safe sits between SWISSto 12 SA and Sandgroup International Ltd..

Safe's three-year grant acceleration

Safe Flight Instrument, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Swissto 12

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Swnr Development

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Symphony Communic…

13
Synergy Sports Te…

13
Safe Life Defense…

13
Safeway Safety St…

13
Sanderling Manage…

13
Sandgroup Interna…

13
Safe Flight Instr… ◀

13

What this shows Safe holds 13 patents at rank #21,782, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Safe

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,782 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft)

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

Safe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Safe Flight Instrument, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	23.1%
2016	2	15.4%
2017	5	38.5%
2019	2	15.4%
2022	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Safe Flight Instrument, LLC patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 10

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

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 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 12 of 12 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

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Safe Flight Instrument, LLC's lead technology class is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft), 76.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #21,715 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Safe Flight Instrument, LLC against SWISSto 12 SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.7/100 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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