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ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    81
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    62,450
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 33.0%
About

ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP has a total of 81 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 33.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1989. It filed its patents most often in United States, EPO (European Patent Office) and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets telecommunications, transport and digital networks are LORAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC, EADS ASTRIUM LTD and SPACE SYSTEMS LORAL LLC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Edwards Martin 8
#2 Atkinson Leonard A 8
#3 Yao Huiwen 7
#4 Robinson Anthony D 6
#5 Yi Jack 6
#6 Cardoso Joseph Christopher 6
#7 Elias Antonio L 5
#8 Howard Jonathan 5
#9 Yi Byung Kwan 5
#10 Atkinson Leonard 5

Latest patents

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US2009052369A1 Secondary payload interface
US2005013385A1 Carrier suppression type modulator with encoded modulating signals
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