Where does Space Systems/Loral, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Space Systems/Loral, LLC ranks #2,491 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 Systems/Loral, LLC hold?

Space Systems/Loral, LLC holds 157 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Space Systems/Loral, LLC's Innovation Score?

Space Systems/Loral, LLC has an Innovation Score of 54.4 out of 100 (top 8% 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 Systems/Loral, LLC focus on?

Space Systems/Loral, LLC's top technology area is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor) with 68 patents, ranking #3 of 230 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

Is Space Systems/Loral, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Space Systems/Loral, LLC's recent grant velocity is -69% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Space Systems/Loral, LLC's patents?

Space Systems/Loral, LLC's patents average 19.1 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 Systems/Loral, 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

Space Systems/Loral, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 157 granted patents across 52 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Space ranks #2,491 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 157 patents across 52 technology areas.

#2,491
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.4/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2491 · US Corporation #2,491 · 157 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 157 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,491/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lely Patent
CPC-WIDE B64G · 52 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lely Patent N.V. (±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 54.4 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 17.5 pts (32%) Velocity 0.5 pts (1%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Industry Foundation… · near

54
J Wagner · near

54
Phoseon Technology · near

54
Space Systems/Loral · this assignee

54
Weichai Power · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Space's Innovation Score is 54.4/100 (top 8% 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 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 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.

How Space's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Space Systems/Loral, LLC received 37 grants versus 120 in 2015–2019 (-69% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 47 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 6. Lead class B64G accounts for 43.3% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Lely Patent N.V. (#2,487) and Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co., Ltd (#2,495).

Space's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Space Systems/Loral, LLC moved from 78 to 6 grants (0.08x 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 #3,196. See the growth leaderboard.

Lely Patent

157
National Institut…

157
Paragon 28

157
Snaptrack

157
Tivo Solutions

157
Vallourec OIL AND…

157
Whatsapp

157
Zhejiang Sunny Op…

157
Space Systems/Lor… ◀

157

What this shows Space holds 157 patents at rank #2,491, 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 #2,491 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64G (Cosmonautics)

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 B64G (Cosmonautics), Space ranks #3 of 230 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University 54 Phoseon Technology, Inc. 54 Weichai Power Co., Ltd. 54 J. Wagner GmbH 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Laird Technologies, Inc. 19.1 avg Stmicroelectronics PTE Ltd 19.1 avg Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. 19.1 avg SoundHound, Inc. 19.1 avg

Space's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Space Systems/Loral, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	10.2%
2016	8	5.1%
2017	20	12.7%
2018	29	18.5%
2019	47	29.9%
2020	22	14.0%
2021	9	5.7%
2022	6	3.8%

Which technologies does Space Systems/Loral, LLC patent most?

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 68

H04B - Transmission 56

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 31

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 23

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 13

H03F - Amplifiers 9

H04J - Multiplex Communication 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

F03H - Producing A Reactive Propulsive Thrust, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

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 3

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 3

H04Q - Selecting 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

Top 15 of 52 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 Systems/Loral, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Space Systems/Loral, LLC's lead technology class is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor), 43.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64G
Ranked #2,491 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Space Systems/Loral, LLC against Lely Patent N.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.4/100 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

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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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