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Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM)

Nasdaq: IRDM · Communications Services, NEC · Mclean, VA · filing with the SEC since 2007
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

43 patents granted to the 4 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Iridium Communications Inc’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
43
41 utility, 2 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against 4 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
49
4 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
a subsidiary, a former name, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Telecommunications10
Digital communication2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
IRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
42 granted
35 published
IRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
13 published
GHL Acquisition, LLC a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Iridium Communications Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Mar 4, 202512,244,332Wireless communication with interference mitigationTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Oct 8, 202412,113,607Satellite communications with multiple classes of terrestrial terminal devicesTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Aug 6, 202412,057,924Load balancing for a satellite networkTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Jul 9, 202412,035,170Managing congestion in a satellite communications networkDigital communicationIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Jan 23, 202411,881,882Wireless communication with interference mitigationTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
May 16, 202311,652,540Load balancing for a satellite networkTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Sep 13, 202211,444,688Wireless communication with interference mitigationDigital communicationIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Jul 5, 202211,381,304Satellite communications with multiple classes of terrestrial terminal devicesTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Jul 5, 202211,381,266Wireless communication with interference mitigationTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Apr 26, 202211,317,323Load balancing for a satellite networkTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Sep 18, 20252025/0293768LOW COST, SIZE, WEIGHT, AND POWER (CSWAP) GEOLOCATION CAPABILITY UTILIZING SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS PASSED THROUGH TO BACKHAUL NETWORKTelecommunicationsIridium Communications Inc.
Sep 4, 20252025/0279823LOCATING A SATELLITE IN LOW-EARTH ORBITTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Jul 31, 20252025/0247119WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH INTERFERENCE MITIGATIONTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Feb 6, 20252025/0047366LOAD BALANCING FOR A SATELLITE NETWORKTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Dec 12, 20242024/0414584MANAGING CONGESTION IN A SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKDigital communicationIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Dec 12, 20242024/0413890LOCATING A SATELLITE IN LOW-EARTH ORBITTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Jun 20, 20242024/0204811WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH INTERFERENCE MITIGATIONTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC · patent 12,244,332 granted from it
Feb 8, 20242024/0048225LOCATING A SATELLITE IN LOW-EARTH ORBITTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
Nov 2, 20232023/0353232LOAD BALANCING FOR A SATELLITE NETWORKTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC · patent 12,057,924 granted from it
Jun 1, 20232023/0170985LOCATING A SATELLITE IN LOW-EARTH ORBITTelecommunicationsIRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Telecommunications 7 · Digital communication 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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