Where does Viasat, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Viasat, Inc. ranks #663 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 Viasat, Inc. hold?

Viasat, Inc. holds 677 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 51 technology areas.

What is Viasat, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Viasat, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 67.2 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Viasat, Inc. focus on?

Viasat, Inc.'s top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 362 patents, ranking #39 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 51 CPC subclasses total.

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

Viasat, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +35% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Viasat, Inc.'s patents?

Viasat, Inc.'s patents average 24.0 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 Viasat, 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

Viasat, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 677 granted patents across 51 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, Viasat ranks #663 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 677 patents across 51 technology areas.

#663
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.2/100): 24.0
avg claims per patent: +35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R663 · US Corporation #663 · 677 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 677 grants
TOP-DECILE #663/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kone
CPC-WIDE H04B · 51 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kone 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 Viasat’s 67.2 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 22.5 pts (33%) Velocity 5.3 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mediatek · near

67
Polytec · near

67
Edwards Lifesciences · near

67
The Board of… · near

67
Viasat · this assignee

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Viasat's Innovation Score is 67.2/100 (top 1% 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 Viasat?

Each dot is one of Viasat’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). Viasat’s own 24.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Viasat's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Viasat, Inc. received 359 grants versus 265 in 2015–2019 (+35% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 87 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 41. Lead class H04B accounts for 53.5% of the portfolio across 51 subclasses. Volume neighbours: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C. (#659) and Trane International Inc. (#667).

Viasat's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Viasat, Inc. moved from 242 to 191 grants (0.79x 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 #1,876. See the growth leaderboard.

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Topcon

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Shinko Electric I…

678
Kone

677
Viasat ◀

677
Aisin AW

674
KCI Licensing

673
National Taiwan U…

671
Trane Internation…

671

What this shows Viasat holds 677 patents at rank #663, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Viasat

By rank, the assignees closest to #663 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Viasat, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04B (Transmission), Viasat ranks #39 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation 67 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University 67 Mediatek Inc. 67 Polytec GmbH 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.0 here).

Teradyne, Inc. 24.0 avg Ayar Labs, Inc. 24.0 avg Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC 24.0 avg Mapper Lithography IP B.V. 24.1 avg

Viasat's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Viasat, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	55	8.1%
2016	46	6.8%
2017	41	6.1%
2018	49	7.2%
2019	74	10.9%
2020	81	12.0%
2021	87	12.9%
2022	57	8.4%
2023	54	8.0%
2024	80	11.8%
2025partial year	53	7.8%

Which technologies does Viasat, Inc. patent most?

H04B - Transmission 362

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 293

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 235

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 217

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 79

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 49

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 47

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 19

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 15

H03F - Amplifiers 14

H04M - Telephonic Communication 14

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 13

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 12

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 10

Top 15 of 51 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

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

Viasat, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 53.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #663 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Viasat, Inc. against M.S. Technologies, L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.2/100 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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