Patents
Who's filing: a patent leaderboard for the space industry
5 companies with filings109 filings tracked
US patent filings on record with the USPTO for the commercial companies in this directory, most-filed first. Coverage is US-only, so a company that files primarily in Europe or elsewhere will undercount here — treat this as a signal about US filing activity, not a complete patent portfolio.
Each count links through to the company's own patents section on its profile, where the most recent filings are listed. A machine-readable version is available at /api/patents.json. Data current as of September 19, 2026.
| # | Company | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Relativity Space | 50 |
| 2 | Planet Labs | 40 |
| 3 | Rocket Lab | 12 |
| 4 | Firefly Aerospace | 6 |
| 5 | SpaceX | 1 |