Company Analysis

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS)

Nasdaq: KTOS · Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts · San Diego, CA · filing with the SEC since 1999
Grade6.5
◀ Past 5.9● Present 7.6▶ Future 5.7

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

606 patents granted to the 17 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 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
606
602 utility, 3 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
6
Against 6 in 2024 and 8 in 2023
Applications published
93
14 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
17
a subsidiary, a former name, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Telecommunications9
Engines, pumps, turbines8
Basic communication processes5
Digital communication5
Optics2
Materials, metallurgy1
Measurement1
Machine tools1
Thermal processes and apparatus1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name17 counted
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
528 granted
29 published
Kratos integral Holdings LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
20 granted
9 published
KRATOS INTEGRAL HOLDINGS, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
22 published
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
16 published
MICROSYSTEMS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in KR)
11 granted
4 published
General Microwave Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
13 granted
0 published
Wireless Facilities, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
12 granted
0 published
Gichner Systems Group, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
8 granted
2 published
Kratos SRE, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
0 published
Kratos SRE, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
5 published
KRATOS ANTENNA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Kratos Antenna Solutions Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
Digital Fusion, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Technical Directions, Inc a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
KRATOS NORWAY AS a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NO
0 granted
1 published
Kratos Norway AS a subsidiary
NO, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (5)
SAT Corporation
Most of its patents print FR; this name counts in US. 7 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Micro Systems, Inc.
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 4 published under it are not counted.
General Microwave Israel Corporation
Most of its patents print IL; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
General Microwave Corporation
Most of its patents print RU; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
5-D Systems, Inc.
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 2, 202512,489,559Forward error correction with flexible matrix for dynamic input data rateBasic communication processesKratos integral Holdings LLC
May 13, 202512,301,738Physically unclonable functions using pulse width chaotic mapsDigital communicationKratos SRE, Inc.
Apr 8, 202512,273,182Frequency conversion systemTelecommunicationsKRATOS ANTENNA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Mar 25, 202512,261,687Systems and methods for signal modulation of a plurality of downlink signal representative of a communication signalDigital communicationKratos integral Holdings LLC
Mar 25, 202512,261,677System and method for combining a plurality of downlink signals representative of a communication signalTelecommunicationsKratos integral Holdings LLC
Jan 14, 202512,199,738Dynamic management of software-defined service chains for satellite communicationsTelecommunicationsKratos integral Holdings LLC
Dec 31, 202412,184,390System and method for managing channel bandwidth of a communication signalTelecommunicationsKratos integral Holdings LLC
Sep 10, 202412,088,443Systems and methods for processing variable coding and modulation (VCM) based communication signals using feedforward carrier and timing recoveryDigital communicationKratos integral Holdings LLC
Jul 2, 202412,028,069Clockless pulse width generationBasic communication processesKratos SRE, Inc.
Apr 2, 202411,947,025Track highly inclined satellites with noise affected signalsTelecommunicationsKRATOS ANTENNA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 13, 20252025/0350348VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTION FOR SIGNAL CANCELLATIONTelecommunicationsKratos integral Holdings LLC
Nov 6, 20252025/0343747Systems and Methods for Generating Tunable JitterDigital communicationKratos SRE, Inc.
Oct 30, 20252025/0337485SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING TIMING IN A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMTelecommunicationsKratos integral Holdings LLC
Oct 23, 20252025/0330270FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION FOR NON-DETERMINISTIC PARITY GROUP LENGTHBasic communication processesKratos integral Holdings LLC
Oct 23, 20252025/0330269FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION WITH FLEXIBLE MATRIX FOR DYNAMIC INPUT DATA RATEBasic communication processesKratos integral Holdings LLC · patent 12,489,559 granted from it
Oct 2, 20252025/0310818DYNAMICALLY SCALABLE SATELLITE COMMUNICATION NETWORKDigital communicationKratos integral Holdings LLC
Sep 18, 20252025/0294606QUEUE MANAGEMENT FOR PACKET TRANSMISSION IN SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDigital communicationKratos integral Holdings LLC
Sep 18, 20252025/0294355DIGITIZER FOR ACCESS TO NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKDigital communicationKRATOS INTEGRAL HOLDINGS, LLC
Sep 18, 20252025/0293996EFFICIENT PACKET PROCESSING IN A SHARED MEMORY REGIONDigital communicationKratos integral Holdings LLC
Sep 18, 20252025/0293850DIGITIZER WITH TIMING AND FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATIONDigital communicationKRATOS INTEGRAL HOLDINGS, LLC
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 10 · Telecommunications 6 · Basic communication processes 2.

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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