Where does Safran Data Systems rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Safran Data Systems ranks #33,141 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 Safran Data Systems hold?

Safran Data Systems holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Safran Data Systems's Innovation Score?

Safran Data Systems has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Safran Data Systems focus on?

Safran Data Systems's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 3 patents, ranking #5,328 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Safran Data Systems's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Safran Data Systems.

What does claim depth mean for Safran Data Systems's patents?

Safran Data Systems's patents average 13.3 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 Safran Data Systems 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

Safran Data Systems

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safran ranks #33,141 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 9 technology areas.

#33,141
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33141 · Foreign Corporation #33,141 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,141/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SAE International
CPC-NARROW H04L · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SAE International (±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 Safran’s 39.5 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 7.6 pts (19%) Velocity 13.3 pts (34%) Breadth 10.6 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Safran Data Systems · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Safran's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 Safran?

Each dot is one of Safran’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). Safran’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Safran's grants concentrate

Safran Data Systems is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Safran sits between SAE International and San-apro Ltd..

Safran's three-year grant acceleration

Safran Data Systems shows 4 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.

SAE International

8
SAEC/Kinetic Visi…

8
Safecom 911

8
Saferide

8
Safway Services

8
Saint-gobain Emba…

8
Samyoung Machinery

8
San-apro

8
Safran Data Syste… ◀

8

What this shows Safran holds 8 patents at rank #33,123, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Safran

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,123 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Safran's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Safran Data Systems patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	25.0%
2022	3	37.5%
2023	1	12.5%
2025partial year	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Safran Data Systems patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

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

H04B - Transmission 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

H03D - Demodulation OR Transference OF Modulation From ONE Carrier TO Another 1

F16H - Gearing 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Safran Data Systems's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Safran Data Systems's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #33,141 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Safran Data Systems against SAE International, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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.