Where does Top Flight Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Top Flight Technologies, Inc. ranks #21,921 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Top Flight Technologies, Inc. hold?

Top Flight Technologies, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Top Flight Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Top Flight Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Top Flight Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Top Flight Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Top Flight Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Top Flight Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 25.0 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 Top Flight Technologies, 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

Top Flight Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Top Flight Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Top Flight Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is B64U (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR) with 13 patents. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: B64U (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Top ranks #21,921 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 24 technology areas.

#21,921
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 25.0
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21921 · US Corporation #21,921 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,921/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Thomas Engineering S…
CPC-FOCUS B64U · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, Llc (±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
Top Flight · this assignee

41
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Top's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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.

Where Top's grants concentrate

Top Flight Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B64U (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Top sits between Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, Llc and Translogic Corporation.

Thomas Engineerin…

13
Tiangong Universi…

13
Tokyo Keiki

13
Tomahawk Robotics

13
Topseat Internati…

13
Touching Design

13
Tradove

13
Translogic

13
Top Flight ◀

13

What this shows Top holds 13 patents at rank #21,942, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Top

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,942 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV])

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

Top's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Top Flight Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	23.1%
2018	4	30.8%
2019	5	38.5%
2020	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Top Flight Technologies, Inc. patent most?

B64U - UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR 13

B64D - EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT 12

Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION 11

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 7

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 7

B64C - AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS 6

H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES 2

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 2

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION 1

F16B - DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING 1

G08G - TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 1

F05D - INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS 1

F01D - NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES 1

H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY 1

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,921

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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