Where does Stratospheric Airships, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Stratospheric Airships, LLC ranks #30,270 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 Stratospheric Airships, LLC hold?

Stratospheric Airships, LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Stratospheric Airships, LLC's Innovation Score?

Stratospheric Airships, LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.1 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Stratospheric Airships, LLC focus on?

Stratospheric Airships, LLC's top technology area is B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft) with 9 patents, ranking #8 of 39 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Stratospheric Airships, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Stratospheric Airships, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Stratospheric Airships, LLC's patents?

Stratospheric Airships, LLC's patents average 21.6 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 Stratospheric Airships, 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

Stratospheric Airships, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Stratospheric ranks #30,270 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 10 technology areas.

#30,270
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.1/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30270 · US Corporation #30,270 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,270/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Step2gold
CPC-FOCUS B64B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Step2gold Co., Ltd. (±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 Stratospheric’s 32.1 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 8.0 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Stratospheric Airships · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Stratospheric's Innovation Score is 32.1/100 (40th percentile 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 Stratospheric?

Each dot is one of Stratospheric’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). Stratospheric’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Stratospheric's grants concentrate

Stratospheric Airships, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Stratospheric sits between Step2gold Co., Ltd. and SUN Pharma Global FZE.

Step2gold

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9
Stmicroelectronic…

9
Stratec Consumabl…

9
Strongbridge Dubl…

9
Sumitomo Electric…

9
SUN AND Steel Sol…

9
SUN Pharma Global…

9
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9

What this shows Stratospheric holds 9 patents at rank #30,105, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Stratospheric

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,105 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft)

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

Stratospheric's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Stratospheric Airships, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	22.2%
2016	2	22.2%
2017	2	22.2%
2019	3	33.3%

Which technologies does Stratospheric Airships, LLC patent most?

B64B - Lighter-than AIR Aircraft 9

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

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 3

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 2

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 2

Top 10 of 10 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

Stratospheric Airships, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Stratospheric Airships, LLC's lead technology class is B64B (Lighter-than AIR Aircraft), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64B
Ranked #30,270 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Stratospheric Airships, LLC against Step2gold Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.1/100 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

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