Where does THE Aerospace Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Aerospace Corporation ranks #1,642 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 THE Aerospace Corporation hold?

THE Aerospace Corporation holds 251 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 131 technology areas.

What is THE Aerospace Corporation's Innovation Score?

THE Aerospace Corporation has an Innovation Score of 62.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does THE Aerospace Corporation focus on?

THE Aerospace Corporation's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 39 patents. Grants appear in 131 CPC subclasses total.

Is THE Aerospace Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Aerospace Corporation's recent grant velocity is -15% 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 THE Aerospace Corporation's patents?

THE Aerospace Corporation's patents average 21.3 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 THE Aerospace Corporation 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

THE Aerospace Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 251 granted patents across 131 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #1,642 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 251 patents across 131 technology areas.

#1,642
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.6/100): 21.3
avg claims per patent: -15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1642 · US Corporation #1,642 · 251 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 251 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,642/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Citizen
CPC-WIDE H04B · 131 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Citizen Electronics 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Au Optronics · near

63
AGC Glass Europe · near

63
Tracer Imaging · near

63
THE Aerospace · this assignee

63
Institut National… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 62.6/100 (top 2% 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.

How THE's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, THE Aerospace Corporation received 108 grants versus 127 in 2015–2019 (-15% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 40 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 16. Lead class H04B accounts for 15.5% of the portfolio across 131 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd. (#1,638) and Smith International, Inc. (#1,646).

THE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, THE Aerospace Corporation moved from 71 to 61 grants (0.86x 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 #1,631. See the growth leaderboard.

Citizen

251
Datalogic IP Tech…

251
GD Midea Air-cond…

251
Guardian Glass

251
UCB Biopharma SRL

251
Zscaler

251
THE Aerospace ◀

251
American Axle & M…

250
Smith Internation…

250

What this shows THE holds 251 patents at rank #1,642, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,642 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for THE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

AGC Glass Europe 63 Institut National DE LA Recherche Scientifique 63 Tracer Imaging LLC 63 Au Optronics Corporation 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.3 here).

Imprivata, Inc. 21.3 avg STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd 21.3 avg Biedermann Technologies GMBH & Co. KG 21.3 avg AOl 21.3 avg

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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THE Aerospace Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	40	15.9%
2016	23	9.2%
2017	17	6.8%
2018	23	9.2%
2019	24	9.6%
2020	25	10.0%
2021	22	8.8%
2022	26	10.4%
2023	19	7.6%
2024	16	6.4%
2025partial year	16	6.4%

Which technologies does THE Aerospace Corporation patent most?

H04B - Transmission 39

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 37

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 35

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 28

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 27

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 22

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 20

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 18

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 13

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 12

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 12

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 11

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 10

Top 15 of 131 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,642

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

62.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

THE Aerospace Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Aerospace Corporation's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 15.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #1,642 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Aerospace Corporation against Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.6/100 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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