USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Saturn Licensing Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 689 granted patents across 57 technology areas, active 2016–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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689

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

18.0

Avg claims per patent

+85%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Saturn holds 689 US patents across 57 technology areas, rank #651 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#651
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.4/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +85%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Saturn Licensing Llc has been granted 689 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Saturn Licensing Llc at rank #651 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 57 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION). As a US Corporation, Saturn Licensing Llc is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Saturn sits between University Of Washington (691 patents, rank #647) and The Brigham And Women's Hospital, Inc. (685 patents, rank #655) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 63.4/100 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 447 grants, compared with 242 in the 2015–2019 window, a +85% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US 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. Saturn Licensing Llc's 18.0 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 57 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Saturn Licensing Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Saturn holds 689 patents at rank #651, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Saturn

By rank, the assignees closest to #651 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Saturn's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Saturn Licensing Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	0.1%
2017	57	8.3%
2018	95	13.8%
2019	89	12.9%
2020	98	14.2%
2021	101	14.7%
2022	93	13.5%
2023	67	9.7%
2024	59	8.6%
2025	29	4.2%

Which technologies does Saturn Licensing Llc patent most?

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 440

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 209

H04H - BROADCAST COMMUNICATION 153

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 109

G02F - OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS 97

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 53

H03M - CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL 53

G09G - ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION 52

F21Y - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED 29

F21V - FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 29

H10H - INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS 28

F21S - NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS 27

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 20

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 20

G11B - INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER 20

Top 15 of 57 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#651

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.4 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 Saturn Licensing Llc hold?

Saturn Licensing Llc holds 689 US granted patents filed between 2016 and 2025, spanning 57 technology areas.

What is Saturn Licensing Llc's Innovation Score?

Saturn Licensing Llc has an Innovation Score of 63.4 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Saturn Licensing Llc focus on?

Saturn Licensing Llc's top technology area is H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION) with 440 patents. The company has filed patents in 57 CPC subclasses total.

Is Saturn Licensing Llc's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Saturn Licensing Llc's recent filing velocity is +85% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

What does claim depth mean for Saturn Licensing Llc's patents?

Saturn Licensing Llc's patents average 18.0 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Saturn Licensing 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.

How to use this portfolio

Saturn's 689 grants land it in the top 2% 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 - Saturn ranks #651 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H04N - see who else leads that technology area. H04N 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

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.