Where does Skytran, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Skytran, Inc. ranks #23,414 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 Skytran, Inc. hold?

Skytran, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Skytran, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Skytran, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.9 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Skytran, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Skytran, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Skytran, Inc.'s patents?

Skytran, Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 Skytran, Inc. 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

Skytran, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Skytran, Inc. focus on?

Skytran, Inc.'s top technology area is B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl) with 11 patents, ranking #224 of 1,396 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic SU).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Skytran ranks #23,414 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.

#23,414
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (37.9/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23414 · US Corporation #23,414 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,414/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sipp
CPC-FOCUS B60L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sipp Technologies, LLC (±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 Skytran’s 37.9 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 8.9 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 11.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Skytran · this assignee

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What this shows Skytran's Innovation Score is 37.9/100 (top 42% 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 Skytran?

Each dot is one of Skytran’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). Skytran’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Skytran's grants concentrate

Skytran, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 91.7% of grants classified under B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic SU). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Skytran sits between Sipp Technologies, LLC and Sogefi AIR & Cooling.

Skytran's three-year grant acceleration

Skytran, Inc. shows 5 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.

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What this shows Skytran holds 12 patents at rank #23,368, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Skytran

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,368 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles)

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

Skytran's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Skytran, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	3	25.0%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	2	16.7%
2024	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Skytran, Inc. patent most?

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 11

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 4

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

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

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 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

Skytran, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Skytran, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic SU), 91.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60L
Ranked #23,414 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Skytran, Inc. against Sipp Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.9/100 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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