Patent Desk
What the companies we track are trying to build: 7,865 filings from 81 companies, as the United States patent office recorded them. A filing dates the work; a grant is the same invention about 28 months older.
7,865
filings read
81 companies, 72 read in full and 10 for the spacecraft class only
4,158
granted
3,707 still pending
28 mo
filing to grant
median of the granted filings
1,234
in the spacecraft class
CPC B64G, complete for every company
2026
most recent filing year
2024 is the last complete one
Filings held counts the filings we have read for a company. For a diversified group it counts spacecraft-class filings only. Spacecraft class is CPC B64G and is complete for every company here, so it is the column to compare across the table.
Filings per year
An application publishes about eighteen months after it is filed, so 2025 and 2026 are still filling in and their bars will keep rising.
Who is filing in the spacecraft class
CPC B64G, spacecraft and their equipment. Read in full for every company, so these bars compare directly.
Ordered by the spacecraft class, the column that means the same thing for every company. "Filings held" is what we read for each, which for a diversified group is its spacecraft-class filings only, so that column does not rank.
| Company | Spacecraft class | Filings held | Granted | Most recent | What we read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing | 345 | 345 | 315 | Jun 12, 2026 | spacecraft class only, of 16,963 applications |
| Blue Origin | 139 | 382 | 160 | Jun 17, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Airbus Defence and Space | 135 | 770 | 583 | May 27, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Northrop Grumman | 69 | 69 | 57 | Aug 6, 2025 | spacecraft class only, of 1,818 applications |
| Thales | 69 | 69 | 60 | Dec 16, 2025 | spacecraft class only, of 2,807 applications |
| Lockheed Martin | 66 | 66 | 59 | Nov 20, 2025 | spacecraft class only, of 2,823 applications |
| Maxar Space Systems | 48 | 83 | 51 | Sep 15, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Arianespace | 40 | 172 | 110 | Jan 6, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Honeywell Aerospace | 37 | 37 | 28 | Oct 4, 2025 | spacecraft class only, of 14,947 applications |
| United Launch Alliance | 34 | 53 | 50 | Oct 4, 2024 | the whole portfolio |
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 28 | 28 | 19 | Dec 18, 2025 | spacecraft class only, of 4,575 applications |
| L3Harris / Aerojet Rocketdyne | 24 | 390 | 216 | Feb 11, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| BAE Systems | 18 | 18 | 15 | Mar 4, 2024 | spacecraft class only, of 3,487 applications |
| Stoke Space | 16 | 42 | 13 | Jan 15, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| AST SpaceMobile | 14 | 130 | 60 | Mar 24, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Planet Labs | 14 | 71 | 29 | Jul 2, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Thales Alenia Space | 13 | 37 | 31 | Jan 12, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Safran | 13 | 13 | 11 | Nov 13, 2023 | spacecraft class only, of 5,855 applications |
| SpaceX | 12 | 329 | 153 | Mar 13, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Viasat | 12 | 12 | 7 | Sep 24, 2025 | spacecraft class only, of 1,572 applications |
| Sierra Space | 9 | 49 | 18 | Apr 21, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Spire Global | 8 | 42 | 30 | Jan 31, 2022 | the whole portfolio |
| Rocket Lab | 8 | 24 | 14 | Aug 12, 2022 | the whole portfolio |
| Relativity Space | 6 | 123 | 25 | Jun 15, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Blue Canyon Technologies | 6 | 9 | 5 | Jan 10, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| NorthStar Earth & Space | 5 | 8 | 6 | Jun 2, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| EchoStar | 4 | 1300 | 604 | Jun 30, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Firefly Aerospace | 4 | 7 | 7 | Jun 1, 2022 | the whole portfolio |
| ispace | 4 | 6 | 2 | Jan 29, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Moog | 3 | 475 | 143 | Feb 12, 2026 | the whole portfolio; also listed here as Moog Space and Defense |
| LeoLabs | 3 | 30 | 10 | Feb 13, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Slingshot Aerospace | 3 | 22 | 6 | Jul 10, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Leonardo | 2 | 246 | 182 | Jun 3, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Teledyne Technologies | 2 | 188 | 106 | Aug 7, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Teledyne Space | 2 | 167 | 100 | Aug 7, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Sierra Nevada Corporation | 2 | 100 | 46 | Mar 8, 2023 | the whole portfolio |
| Momentus | 2 | 12 | 2 | Nov 17, 2021 | the whole portfolio |
| Voyager Space | 2 | 8 | 1 | Aug 7, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| EnduroSat | 2 | 3 | 3 | Feb 27, 2023 | the whole portfolio |
| Rolls-Royce | 2 | 2 | 2 | Oct 16, 2024 | spacecraft class only, of 7,032 applications |
| AeroVironment | 1 | 550 | 287 | Jun 12, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Kratos Defense | 1 | 92 | 27 | Jun 29, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Avio | 1 | 10 | 8 | Apr 9, 2020 | the whole portfolio |
| Agile Space Industries | 1 | 7 | 4 | Mar 2, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Sky Perfect JSAT | 1 | 6 | 2 | Dec 2, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Redwire Space | 1 | 5 | 3 | Feb 24, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Benchmark Space Systems | 1 | 4 | 1 | Apr 18, 2023 | the whole portfolio |
| Voyager Technologies | 1 | 2 | 0 | Aug 1, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| OHB SE | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 27, 2024 | the whole portfolio |
| Isar Aerospace | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 4, 2024 | the whole portfolio |
| York Space Systems | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 3, 2016 | the whole portfolio |
| Velo3D | 0 | 373 | 51 | Dec 2, 2024 | the whole portfolio |
| Ansys (AGI / STK) | 0 | 318 | 206 | May 23, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| General Dynamics | 0 | 236 | 103 | May 11, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| L3Harris Technologies | 0 | 195 | 147 | Feb 11, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Leidos | 0 | 189 | 95 | May 21, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Curtiss-Wright | 0 | 64 | 17 | Mar 3, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Iridium Communications | 0 | 57 | 43 | Apr 2, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| CesiumAstro | 0 | 40 | 7 | Apr 3, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| Frontgrade Technologies | 0 | 30 | 24 | Dec 27, 2023 | the whole portfolio |
| Globalstar | 0 | 14 | 9 | May 16, 2023 | the whole portfolio |
| Astranis | 0 | 13 | 4 | Oct 27, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Ursa Major | 0 | 12 | 1 | Jan 9, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| ATLAS Space Operations | 0 | 12 | 8 | Feb 7, 2024 | the whole portfolio |
| Kayhan Space | 0 | 9 | 2 | Mar 16, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| GHGSat | 0 | 8 | 4 | Aug 7, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Axiom Space | 0 | 6 | 0 | Apr 14, 2026 | the whole portfolio |
| MDA Space | 0 | 6 | 0 | Dec 16, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Vast | 0 | 4 | 0 | Oct 7, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Redwire | 0 | 4 | 0 | Dec 2, 2021 | the whole portfolio |
| Virgin Galactic | 0 | 4 | 2 | Jun 28, 2024 | the whole portfolio |
| Impulse Space | 0 | 3 | 0 | Jun 15, 2023 | the whole portfolio |
| Infostellar | 0 | 2 | 2 | Jan 6, 2022 | the whole portfolio |
| Kepler Communications | 0 | 2 | 1 | Sep 7, 2016 | the whole portfolio |
| Magellan Aerospace | 0 | 2 | 0 | Jan 30, 2014 | the whole portfolio |
| Canadensys Aerospace | 0 | 2 | 2 | Jul 11, 2023 | the whole portfolio |
| GomSpace | 0 | 1 | 1 | Jan 11, 2018 | the whole portfolio |
| RBC Signals | 0 | 1 | 0 | Dec 9, 2025 | the whole portfolio |
| Karman Holdings | 0 | 1 | 1 | Jun 8, 2020 | the whole portfolio |
| HEICO | 0 | 1 | 0 | Mar 23, 2010 | the whole portfolio |
| Rheinmetall | 0 | 1 | 1 | Nov 10, 2022 | the whole portfolio |
Which way the filing rate is moving
Filings in 2022–2024 against 2019–2021. Both windows have fully published; a year still filling in would show every company falling. Each row compares a company against itself, on whatever we read for it, so a trend here holds even where a level would not compare.
Filing more
| Company | 2022–24 | 2019–21 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Origin | 214 | 39 | +175 | +449% |
| Velo3D | 176 | 43 | +133 | +309% |
| Relativity Space | 75 | 13 | +62 | +477% |
| Stoke Space | 28 | 5 | +23 | +460% |
| Maxar Space Systems | 52 | 29 | +23 | +79% |
| L3Harris / Aerojet Rocketdyne | 124 | 108 | +16 | +15% |
| L3Harris Technologies | 94 | 78 | +16 | +21% |
| Frontgrade Technologies | 20 | 9 | +11 | +122% |
Filing less
| Company | 2022–24 | 2019–21 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ansys (AGI / STK) | 69 | 155 | -86 | -55% |
| Boeing | 34 | 72 | -38 | -53% |
| Sierra Nevada Corporation | 6 | 43 | -37 | -86% |
| SpaceX | 116 | 153 | -37 | -24% |
| Airbus Defence and Space | 147 | 166 | -19 | -11% |
| Moog | 85 | 99 | -14 | -14% |
| Momentus | 0 | 12 | -12 | -100% |
| AeroVironment | 100 | 111 | -11 | -10% |
Where the work sits
The classification is the office's own. Classes we can name are named; the rest carry the office's number and link to its own schedule, and 1,255 filings carry no class in the record.
| Class | What it covers | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| 244 | aeronautics & astronautics | 858 |
| 370 | multiplex communications | 581 |
| 1 | not named here | 411 |
| 455 | telecommunications | 369 |
| 701 | data processing: vehicles & navigation | 269 |
| 60 | power plants | 232 |
| 375 | digital communications | 199 |
| 342 | communications: directive radio | 181 |
| 343 | antennas | 164 |
| 703 | not named here | 133 |
| 709 | not named here | 99 |
| 428 | stock material | 85 |
| 310 | not named here | 83 |
| 382 | image analysis | 80 |
| 264 | nonmetallic article shaping | 77 |
| 714 | not named here | 70 |
| 156 | not named here | 64 |
| 348 | television | 64 |
| 425 | article shaping apparatus | 63 |
| 73 | measuring & testing | 62 |
| 250 | radiant energy | 62 |
| 700 | data processing: generic control | 62 |
| 219 | electric heating | 54 |
| 89 | not named here | 49 |
| 716 | not named here | 49 |
| 345 | not named here | 48 |
| 361 | electrical systems | 47 |
| 257 | active solid-state devices | 46 |
| D14 | not named here | 46 |
| 429 | chemistry: electrical current | 46 |
| 165 | heat exchange | 45 |
| 137 | fluid handling | 44 |
| 403 | not named here | 41 |
| 419 | powder metallurgy | 41 |
| 102 | not named here | 40 |
| 136 | solar cells | 40 |
| 398 | optical communications | 40 |
| 29 | metal working | 39 |
| 359 | optical systems | 39 |
| 713 | not named here | 38 |
| 702 | not named here | 37 |
| 356 | not named here | 37 |
| 248 | not named here | 34 |
| 706 | not named here | 32 |
| 416 | not named here | 31 |
| 318 | not named here | 30 |
| 726 | not named here | 30 |
| 324 | electrical measuring & testing | 29 |
| 307 | not named here | 27 |
| 228 | metal fusion bonding | 27 |
| 705 | not named here | 27 |
| 333 | wave transmission lines | 26 |
| 149 | not named here | 26 |
| 74 | not named here | 25 |
| 251 | not named here | 24 |
| 62 | not named here | 23 |
| 415 | rotary kinetic fluid motors | 23 |
| 220 | not named here | 22 |
| 427 | coating processes | 21 |
| 717 | not named here | 21 |
| 340 | not named here | 20 |
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Most recent filings
| Filed | Company | Title | Class | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | Planet Labs | Cloud-Informed Image Capture | 348/143 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 30, 2026 | EchoStar | MULTIBAND DIGITAL PREDISTORTION FOR BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS | 375/297 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Kratos Defense | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING TIMING IN A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 370/316 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Blue Origin | TRIPLE MODULE REDUNDANT SOLID STATE POWER SWITCH | 326/35 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Relativity Space | Automated Defect Recognition and Determinations of Pore Cluster Compliance | 382/141 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Boeing | SMOOTH SURFACE HYBRID COMPOSITES | 428/141 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 12, 2026 | AeroVironment | Machine to Machine Targeting Maintaining Positive Identification | 701/2 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Blue Origin | MODULAR BORE POLISHING DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 451/178 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 8, 2026 | Blue Origin | QUICK DISCONNECT COUPLING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | 251/149.6 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Blue Origin | DATA REPLICATION AND RECURSIVE TREE STRUCTURE SEARCHING | 707/797 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Leonardo | BOX-SHAPED COMPOSITE MATERIAL STRUCTURE FOR AIRCRAFTS | 264/241 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 2, 2026 | AeroVironment | AUTOROTATING PAYLOAD DELIVERY DEVICE | 244/17.11 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Jun 1, 2026 | EchoStar | RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) GATEWAY REDUNDANCY SCHEMES FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION… | 370/329 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| May 29, 2026 | Relativity Space | Control Architecture for Additive Manufacturing Robotic Systems | 703/20 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| May 27, 2026 | Airbus Defence and Space | HIGH-LENGTH REDUNDANT THERMAL-CONTROL DEVICE WITH COMPLEX TWO-PHASE… | · | Application Undergoing Preexam Processing |
| May 21, 2026 | Blue Origin | MODULAR NEUTRON SPECTROMETER | 250/390.01 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| May 21, 2026 | Leidos | Mechanism for Fast and Highly Scalable Directional Mobile Adhoc Network… | 370/503 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| May 14, 2026 | Blue Origin | SPACE VEHICLE IMAGING STUDIO | 396/2 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| May 13, 2026 | Blue Origin | ANNULAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE | 244/118.1 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| May 13, 2026 | AeroVironment | AUTOROTATING PAYLOAD DELIVERY DEVICE | 244/17.11 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| May 11, 2026 | General Dynamics | OPTICAL SIGNAL DETECTORS COMPRISING OPTICAL SIGNAL SENSORS AND LOGARITHMIC… | 398/202 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| May 8, 2026 | AeroVironment | Aircraft System for Reduced Observer Visibility | 244/89 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| May 4, 2026 | Blue Origin | TRANSPIRATION-COOLED SYSTEMS HAVING PERMEABLE AND NON-PERMEABLE PORTIONS | 60/770 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 29, 2026 | EchoStar | RESOURCE AND MISSION AWARE POWER MANAGEMENT FOR NON-GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT… | 375/262 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 28, 2026 | EchoStar | INTERFERENCE MITIGATION ACROSS MULTIPLE CONSTELLATIONS IN A SATELLITE… | 370/252 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 28, 2026 | EchoStar | TRANSMIT POWER DENSITY LIMIT NORMALIZATION FOR ELECTRONICALLY STEERABLE… | 370/318 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 27, 2026 | EchoStar | SMART NETWORK EDGE FOR HYBRID SPACE AND TERRESTRIAL CONNECTIVITY | 370/316 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 23, 2026 | EchoStar | EXTENDED BEAMFORMING FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION | 370/316 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Blue Origin | VACUUM SPRAY BOILER | 165/164 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Sierra Space | PUMP-FED PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR SPACECRAFT | 701/99 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Axiom Space | RADIATION HARDENED NETWORKING DEVICE WITH SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO | · | RO PROCESSING COMPLETED-PLACED IN STORAGE |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Blue Origin | UNPRESSURIZED SPACE DOCKING SYSTEM | 244/172.4 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Blue Origin | UNPRESSURIZED SPACE DOCKING SYSTEM | 244/172.4 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Blue Origin | UNPRESSURIZED SPACE DOCKING SYSTEM | 244/172.4 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Blue Origin | UNPRESSURIZED SPACE DOCKING SYSTEM | 701/13 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Boeing | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINED CONTROL MOMENT GYROSCOPE AND THRUSTER… | 701/13 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 7, 2026 | AeroVironment | Methods and Systems for Cloud-Based Management of Images Captured by Aerial… | 701/3 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Blue Origin | CAPTURE AND PIVOT INSTALLATION FITTINGS | 425/213 | Notice of Allowance Mailed -- Application Received in Office of Publications |
| Apr 3, 2026 | CesiumAstro | CONICAL LENS FOR ANTENNA ARRAY | 343/702 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Apr 3, 2026 | CesiumAstro | CONICAL LENS FOR ANTENNA ARRAY | 1/PCT.005 | PCT - International Search Report Mailed to IB |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Iridium Communications | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | 370/329 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Blue Origin | HABITATS WITH INFLATABLE HARDSHELL MODULES | 52/2.11 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Relativity Space | Systems and Methods for Object Honing and Testing | 60/200.1 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 27, 2026 | AeroVironment | Method Of Flight Plan Optimization Of A High Altitude Long Endurance… | 701/2 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 24, 2026 | AST SpaceMobile | SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH GATEWAY DIVERSITY | 370/316 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 20, 2026 | AeroVironment | VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) WINGED AIR VEHICLE WITH COMPLEMENTARY… | 244/7R | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 18, 2026 | Blue Origin | GALLIUM NITRIDE-BASED ACTIVE CURRENT FLOWBACK PREVENTION | 361/42 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 18, 2026 | EchoStar | PAGING ALERT CHANNEL FOR A SATELLITE ACCESS NETWORK | 455/427 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Blue Origin | INTEGRATED THERMIONIC DIODE AND MOLTEN OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS CELL | 205/341 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 16, 2026 | Kayhan Space | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING AUTHENTICATABLE SATELLITE DATA BETWEEN ENTITIES | 713/171 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 13, 2026 | SpaceX | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO COMPUTE RESOURCES DISTRIBUTED… | 709/226 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 13, 2026 | CesiumAstro | Antenna System Architecture with Calibration Feedback Routing for Per… | 455/103 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 12, 2026 | EchoStar | DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE CONTROL USING HALF DUPLEX ARRAYS | · | RO PROCESSING COMPLETED-PLACED IN STORAGE |
| Mar 11, 2026 | CesiumAstro | LOW-FREQUENCY WIDEBAND TIGHTLY COUPLED DIPOLE ANTENNA ARRAY ASSEMBLY | 1/PCT.005 | PCT - International Search Report Mailed to IB |
| Mar 11, 2026 | CesiumAstro | UNIT CELL INCLUDING BACK-TO-BACK ANTENNA ELEMENTS COUPLED BY A TRANSMISSION… | 1/PCT.005 | PCT - International Search Report Mailed to IB |
| Mar 11, 2026 | CesiumAstro | LOW-MASS, LOW HEIGHT-PROFILE VIVALDI ANTENNA DEVICES AND METHODS | 1/PCT.005 | PCT - International Search Report Mailed to IB |
| Mar 11, 2026 | CesiumAstro | DOME LENS FOR WIDE SCAN ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY STEERED ARRAYS | 1/PCT.005 | PCT - International Search Report Mailed to IB |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Kratos Defense | DIGITAL CONICAL SCANNING | 342/146 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Relativity Space | Systems and Methods for Deploying Launch Vehicle Landing Equipment | 244/171.1 | Non Final Action Mailed |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Blue Origin | LASER MATERIAL FUSION UNDER VACUUM, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 219/121.64 | Docketed New Case - Ready for Examination |
What this covers, and what it does not
- United States filings only. A company that files first at the European, Japanese or Chinese office appears here only once it also files in the United States, so the non-US companies on this page are under-counted against the US ones.
- Attribution is by applicant name, because the office publishes no assignee identifier. Exact match or a curated alias, plus a prefix expansion for names of two words or more. A group filing solely under sub-brands is missed rather than credited by guesswork, and the applicant name as filed is in the table above.
- Read for the spacecraft class only, because the whole portfolio is not a space signal: BAE Systems, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce, Safran, Thales, Viasat. Every other company here was read in full.
- Counts move as the office publishes. 2025 onward will keep rising for another eighteen months.
- 837 filings are listed under two company records, where a group and its space division are both tracked here. Totals count each filing once; a company row reports what that company filed.
- A filing is an attempt, not a product. It records what a company thought worth protecting on the date it was filed.
Source: USPTO Open Data Portal, patent file wrapper search, queried on the applicant-name field. Read Oct 31, 2026.