Where does Thales Defense & Security, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thales Defense & Security, Inc. ranks #14,988 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 Thales Defense & Security, Inc. hold?

Thales Defense & Security, Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Thales Defense & Security, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Thales Defense & Security, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Thales Defense & Security, Inc. focus on?

Thales Defense & Security, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 7 patents, ranking #1,362 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thales Defense & Security, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thales Defense & Security, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +83% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Thales Defense & Security, Inc.'s patents?

Thales Defense & Security, Inc.'s patents average 14.7 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 Thales Defense & Security, 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

Thales Defense & Security, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thales ranks #14,988 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 22 technology areas.

#14,988
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: +83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14988 · US Corporation #14,988 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,988/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Talus
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Talus Corporation (±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 Thales’s 40.9 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 10.5 pts (26%) Velocity 5.0 pts (12%) Breadth 16.6 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Thales's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 Thales?

Each dot is one of Thales’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). Thales’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thales's grants concentrate

Thales Defense & Security, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 35% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Thales sits between Tunghai University and The Gap, Inc..

Thales's three-year grant acceleration

Thales Defense & Security, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Tunghai University

20
Talus

20
Temasek Polytechn…

20
Test Research

20
The Abell Foundat…

20
The American Univ…

20
The Chancellor Ma…

20
The Gap

20
Thales Defense &… ◀

20

What this shows Thales holds 20 patents at rank #14,994, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thales

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,994 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Thales's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Thales Defense & Security, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	10.0%
2018	1	5.0%
2019	3	15.0%
2020	1	5.0%
2021	4	20.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2023	1	5.0%
2024	4	20.0%
2025partial year	3	15.0%

Which technologies does Thales Defense & Security, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

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

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

H04B - Transmission 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Thales Defense & Security, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thales Defense & Security, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 35% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #14,988 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thales Defense & Security, Inc. against Tunghai University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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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