Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
6,888 patents granted to the 11 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 Lockheed Martin Corp.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
6,888
6,836 utility, 41 design, 11 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
76
Against 87 in 2024 and 94 in 2023
Applications published
3,720
68 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
11
its own name, a subsidiary
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
Transport143
Telecommunications61
Mechanical elements39
Measurement36
Optics30
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy24
Computer technology22
Other special machines21
Digital communication21
Engines, pumps, turbines20
Machine tools18
Control18
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name11 counted
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5,878 granted
2,200 publishedSIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
994 granted
290 publishedLockheed Martin Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
635 publishedSikorsky Aircraft Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
569 publishedAstrolink International LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
15 granted
3 publishedLOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION A Maryland Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
13 publishedAstrolink International LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
7 publishedLockheed Martin Corporation, Corporation of the State of Delaware its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 publishedLockheed Martin UK Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 publishedPolskie Zaklady Lotnicze SP. Z.O.O. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in PL
0 granted
1 publishedZeta Associates, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,512,596 | Longitudinally ridged quad polarizer feed | Telecommunications | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,512,591 | Partially metalized antenna cavity for planar antennas | Telecommunications | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,512,577 | Magic tee waveguide structure with triangular impedance matching element | Telecommunications | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,512,390 | Semiconductor package with liquid flow-over segmented inset lid | Semiconductors | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,709 | Method and system for managing traffic packets | Digital communication | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,666 | Method and system for creating data flow architecture of access networks | Digital communication | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,504,043 | Stress reducing fastener assembly | Mechanical elements | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,503,224 | Thrust control for ground navigation of aerial vehicles | Control | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,498,399 | Systems and methods for calibrating a wireless harness automated measurement system | Measurement | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,497,166 | Tip end joint arrangement for a rotor blade with reconfigurable attributes for structural and aerodynamic tuning | Transport | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0385730 | DECENTRALIZED MESH NETWORKING FOR SPACE CLUSTERS | Telecommunications | Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0384320 | MULTI-PORT COHERENCE ELEMENT FOR QUANTUM INFORMATION DEVICE | Computer technology | Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0383008 | ACTIVE CREW SEAT VIBRATION CONTROL | Transport | Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0381580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION | Surface technology, coating | Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0375912 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CUTTING | Machine tools | Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0369562 | ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR DISPLAY UNIT | Mechanical elements | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2025/0348577 | DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT THROUGH ON-DIE CRYPTOGRAPHY AND REMOTE ATTESTATION | Digital communication | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2025/0346373 | AIRSPEED DRIVEN TILT ANGLE FOR ELECTRIC TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT | Transport | Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 2025/0344121 | PCELL RADIO LINK FAILURE FAST RECOVERY | Digital communication | Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 2025/0319965 | LOW DRAG AIRFOIL | Transport | Lockheed Martin Corporation |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Transport 30 · Measurement 13 · Mechanical elements 11 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 10 · Digital communication 9 · Control 8.
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.