Where does Sierra Space Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sierra Space Corporation ranks #18,112 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 Sierra Space Corporation hold?

Sierra Space Corporation holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2024, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Sierra Space Corporation's Innovation Score?

Sierra Space Corporation has an Innovation Score of 55.3 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sierra Space Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Sierra Space Corporation.

What does claim depth mean for Sierra Space Corporation's patents?

Sierra Space Corporation's patents average 16.9 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 Sierra Space Corporation 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

Sierra Space Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Sierra Space Corporation focus on?

Sierra Space Corporation'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 6 patents, ranking #190 of 744 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2024. 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: F05D (Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sierra ranks #18,112 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 19 technology areas.

#18,112
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.3/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18112 · US Corporation #18,112 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,112/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shibumi Shade
CPC-FOCUS F05D · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2024 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shibumi Shade, 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 Sierra’s 55.3 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 9.8 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 15.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sierra Space · this assignee

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sierra's Innovation Score is 55.3/100 (top 7% 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 Sierra?

Each dot is one of Sierra’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). Sierra’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sierra's grants concentrate

Sierra Space Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under F05D (Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Sierra sits between Shibumi Shade, Inc. and Smiths Medical International Limited.

Sierra's three-year grant acceleration

Sierra Space Corporation shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Shibumi Shade

16
Shuhou

16
Sipix Technology

16
Siemens Healthine…

16
Smart Wave

16
Smiledirectclub

16
Smith Micro Softw…

16
Smiths Medical In…

16
Sierra Space ◀

16

What this shows Sierra holds 16 patents at rank #18,139, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sierra

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,139 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Sierra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sierra Space Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	12.5%
2023	7	43.8%
2024	7	43.8%

Which technologies does Sierra Space Corporation patent most?

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 6

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 6

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 5

B01D - Separation 4

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 3

B04C - Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones 3

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

F16H - Gearing 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

F23B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Only Solid Fuel 2

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 2

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Sierra Space Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sierra Space Corporation's lead technology class is F05D (Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F05D
Ranked #18,112 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sierra Space Corporation against Shibumi Shade, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.3/100 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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