Where does Smartsky Networks LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smartsky Networks LLC ranks #3,109 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 Smartsky Networks LLC hold?

Smartsky Networks LLC holds 122 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Smartsky Networks LLC's Innovation Score?

Smartsky Networks LLC has an Innovation Score of 49.0 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Smartsky Networks LLC focus on?

Smartsky Networks LLC's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 86 patents, ranking #236 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smartsky Networks LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smartsky Networks LLC's recent grant velocity is +89% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Smartsky Networks LLC's patents?

Smartsky Networks LLC's patents average 18.4 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 Smartsky Networks 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Smartsky Networks LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 122 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smartsky ranks #3,109 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 122 patents across 13 technology areas.

#3,109
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.0/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3109 · US Corporation #3,109 · 122 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 122 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,109/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NextNav
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NextNav, 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 Smartsky’s 49.0 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 16.6 pts (34%) Velocity 8.6 pts (18%) Breadth 12.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GlaxoSmithKline · near

49
Fluid Handling · near

49
Nidec GPM · near

49
Smartsky Networks · this assignee

49
WÄRTSILÄ Finland OY · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smartsky's Innovation Score is 49.0/100 (top 15% 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 Smartsky?

Each dot is one of Smartsky’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). Smartsky’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Smartsky's grants concentrate

Smartsky Networks LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 70.5% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (20 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Smartsky sits between NextNav, LLC and Accuray Incorporated.

Smartsky's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Smartsky Networks LLC moved from 38 to 49 grants (1.29x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #655. See the growth leaderboard.

Nextnav

122
Oiles

122
Quarkstar

122
Saint-gobain Isov…

122
Sensors Incorpora…

122
Siltronic

122
Thermwood

122
Smartsky Networks ◀

122
Accuray Incorpora…

121

What this shows Smartsky holds 122 patents at rank #3,107, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smartsky

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,107 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Smartsky, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Smartsky ranks #236 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Fluid Handling LLC 49 WÄRTSILÄ Finland OY 49 Nidec GPM GMBH 49 GlaxoSmithKline LLC 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

Celgene Quanticel Research, Inc. 18.4 avg Orbital Research Inc. 18.4 avg InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS 18.4 avg Tusimple, Inc. 18.4 avg

Smartsky's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Smartsky Networks LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	1.6%
2016	10	8.2%
2017	4	3.3%
2018	7	5.7%
2019	15	12.3%
2020	14	11.5%
2021	9	7.4%
2022	17	13.9%
2023	12	9.8%
2024	20	16.4%
2025partial year	12	9.8%

Which technologies does Smartsky Networks LLC patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 86

H04B - Transmission 84

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 22

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 20

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 18

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

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 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H04J - Multiplex Communication 2

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Smartsky Networks LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smartsky Networks LLC's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 70.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #3,109 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smartsky Networks LLC against NextNav, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.0/100 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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