Where does Spire Global, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Spire Global, Inc. ranks #12,680 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 Spire Global, Inc. hold?

Spire Global, Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Spire Global, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Spire Global, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Spire Global, Inc. focus on?

Spire Global, Inc.'s top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 13 patents, ranking #655 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

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

Spire Global, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -29% 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 Spire Global, Inc.'s patents?

Spire Global, Inc.'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 Spire Global, 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

Spire Global, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Spire ranks #12,680 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 21 technology areas.

#12,680
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12680 · US Corporation #12,680 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,680/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sookmyung Women's…
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sookmyung Women's University INDUSTRY—ACADEMIC Cooperation Foundation (±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 Spire’s 38.4 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 11.1 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Freudenberg-NOK… · near

38
Ipex · near

38
Lake Products · near

38
NL Giken Incorporated · near

38
Spire Global · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Spire's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 Spire?

Each dot is one of Spire’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). Spire’s own 18.4 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.

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

Where Spire's grants concentrate

Spire Global, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 54.2% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Spire sits between Sookmyung Women's University INDUSTRY—ACADEMIC Cooperation Foundation and Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co., Ltd..

Sookmyung Women's…

24
Span Tech

24
Specialty Operati…

24
Spinner

24
Star Mesh

24
Steeper Energy APS

24
Stereo APP

24
Sumitomo Heavy In…

24
Spire Global ◀

24

What this shows Spire holds 24 patents at rank #12,668, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Spire

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,668 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Spire, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04B (Transmission), Spire ranks #655 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Lake Products Limited 38 NL Giken Incorporated 38 Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership 38 Ipex Technologies Inc. 38

Spire's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Spire Global, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.2%
2017	6	25.0%
2018	4	16.7%
2019	3	12.5%
2020	4	16.7%
2021	6	25.0%

Which technologies does Spire Global, Inc. patent most?

H04B - Transmission 13

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 6

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G01W - Meteorology 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

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Top 15 of 21 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

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

Spire Global, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 54.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #12,680 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Spire Global, Inc. against Sookmyung Women's University INDUSTRY—ACADEMIC Cooperation Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.