Where does Space Exploration Technologies Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Space Exploration Technologies Corp. ranks #2,903 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 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. hold?

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. holds 132 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has an Innovation Score of 66.9 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Space Exploration Technologies Corp. focus on?

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s top technology area is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials) with 57 patents, ranking #51 of 1,637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Is Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s recent grant velocity is +10300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s patents?

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s patents average 18.3 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 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 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

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 132 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Space ranks #2,903 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 132 patents across 29 technology areas.

#2,903
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.9/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +10300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2903 · US Corporation #2,903 · 132 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 132 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,903/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LSI Solutions
CPC-FOCUS H01Q · 29 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +10300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LSI Solutions, 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 Space’s 66.9 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 16.9 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (30%) Breadth 19.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Federal Express · near

67
Midea Group · near

67
Space Exploration · this assignee

67
LG Chem · near

67
Purem · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Space's Innovation Score is 66.9/100 (top 1% 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 Space?

Each dot is one of Space’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). Space’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Space's grants concentrate

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 43.2% of grants classified under H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (37 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Space sits between LSI Solutions, Inc. and WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC.

Space's three-year grant acceleration

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. shows 92 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

LSI Solutions

132
Nippon Paper Indu…

132
Prince Mohammad B…

132
Regalo Internatio…

132
Translate BIO

132
Trinity Bay Equip…

132
Werner

132
Westrock Packagin…

132
Space Exploration ◀

132

What this shows Space holds 132 patents at rank #2,903, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Space

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,903 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01Q (Antennas)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Space, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01Q (Antennas), Space ranks #51 of 1,637 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Federal Express Corporation 67 Midea Group Co., Ltd. 67 Purem GmbH 67 LG Chem, Ltd. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).

Creo Medical Limited 18.3 avg Imperial College Innovations Ltd 18.3 avg MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd. 18.3 avg Banner Engineering Corp. 18.3 avg

Space's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	0.8%
2020	3	2.3%
2021	9	6.8%
2022	25	18.9%
2023	37	28.0%
2024	30	22.7%
2025partial year	27	20.5%

Which technologies does Space Exploration Technologies Corp. patent most?

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 57

H04B - Transmission 55

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 26

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 22

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 6

H03F - Amplifiers 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 4

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 4

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 2

Top 15 of 29 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

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s lead technology class is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials), 43.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01Q
Ranked #2,903 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Space Exploration Technologies Corp. against LSI Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.9/100 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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