Where does Safran Vectronix AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Safran Vectronix AG ranks #25,120 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 Vectronix AG hold?

Safran Vectronix AG holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Safran Vectronix AG's Innovation Score?

Safran Vectronix AG has an Innovation Score of 34.9 out of 100 (49th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Safran Vectronix AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Safran Vectronix AG's recent grant velocity is +20% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Safran Vectronix AG's patents?

Safran Vectronix AG's patents average 17.6 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 Safran Vectronix AG 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 Vectronix AG

Q: What technology areas does Safran Vectronix AG focus on?

Safran Vectronix AG's top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 10 patents, ranking #291 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safran ranks #25,120 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 11 technology areas.

#25,120
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.9/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25120 · Foreign Corporation #25,120 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,120/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH RxFunction
CPC-FOCUS G01C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: RxFunction, Inc. (±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 34.9 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 8.6 pts (25%) Velocity 4.0 pts (11%) Breadth 11.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Safran Vectronix · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Safran's Innovation Score is 34.9/100 (49th percentile 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 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Safran's grants concentrate

Safran Vectronix AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Safran sits between RxFunction, Inc. and Samsung C & T Corporation.

Safran's three-year grant acceleration

Safran Vectronix AG shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Rxfunction

11
S-oil

11
Sabaf S P A

11
Safeguard Biosyst…

11
Saint-gobain Abra…

11
Salvus

11
Samson Rope

11
Samsung C & T

11
Safran Vectronix ◀

11

What this shows Safran holds 11 patents at rank #25,103, 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 #25,103 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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)

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

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 Vectronix AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	9.1%
2018	2	18.2%
2019	2	18.2%
2020	3	27.3%
2022	2	18.2%
2024	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Safran Vectronix AG patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 10

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 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

Top 11 of 11 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 Vectronix AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Safran Vectronix AG's lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #25,120 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Safran Vectronix AG against RxFunction, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.9/100 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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