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Safran Helicopter Engines

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 192 granted patents across 81 technology areas, active 2017–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: F05D (INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS).

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192
Total patents granted
81
CPC technology areas
11.5
Avg claims per patent
+176%
5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Safran holds 192 US patents across 81 technology areas, rank #2,067 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#2,067
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.5/100)
11.5
avg claims per patent
+176%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Safran Helicopter Engines has been granted 192 US utility patents between 2017 and 2025, placing Safran Helicopter Engines at rank #2,067 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 81 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 11.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in F05D (INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS). As a Foreign Corporation, Safran Helicopter Engines is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Safran sits between Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS (192 patents, rank #2,063) and Array Biopharma, Inc. (191 patents, rank #2,071) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 57.5/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 141 grants, compared with 51 in the 2015–2019 window, a +176% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Safran Helicopter Engines's 11.5 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a multi-domain presence across 81 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Safran Helicopter Engines against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Who files at Safran's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Safran holds 192 patents at rank #2,067, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Safran

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,067 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F05D (Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-disp…)

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, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). Below this entry. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Below this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). This entry sits in this band. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Safran Helicopter Engines patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2017 2 1.0%
2018 20 10.4%
2019 29 15.1%
2020 20 10.4%
2021 19 9.9%
2022 20 10.4%
2023 18 9.4%
2024 37 19.3%
2025 27 14.1%

Which technologies does Safran Helicopter Engines patent most?

Top 15 of 81 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate
Tech Breadth Multi-domain
Claim Depth Simple
Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,067

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Safran Helicopter Engines hold?
Safran Helicopter Engines holds 192 US granted patents filed between 2017 and 2025, spanning 81 technology areas.
What is Safran Helicopter Engines's Innovation Score?
Safran Helicopter Engines has an Innovation Score of 57.5 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).
What technology areas does Safran Helicopter Engines focus on?
Safran Helicopter Engines's top technology area is F05D (INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS) with 121 patents. The company has filed patents in 81 CPC subclasses total.
Is Safran Helicopter Engines's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?
Safran Helicopter Engines's recent filing velocity is +176% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.
What does claim depth mean for Safran Helicopter Engines's patents?
Safran Helicopter Engines's patents average 11.5 claims each. This is relatively simple claim structure, typical for focused inventions.
How is the Safran Helicopter Engines 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.

How to use this portfolio

Safran's 192 grants land it in the top 5% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

  • Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Safran ranks #2,067 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
  • Most of this portfolio concentrates in F05D - see who else leads that technology area. F05D leaders
  • Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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

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.