ESA patents

ESA holds 82 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents82
Recent patents17
First publicationAug 18, 2016
Latest publicationMar 19, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20168
20177
201813
201910
202010
20218
20226
20237
20246
20255
20262
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20168
20177
201813
201910
202010
20218
20226
20237
20246
20255
20262

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does ESA have in patentsdb?
ESA is linked to 82 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does ESA patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Electricity (60); Physics (25); Operations & Transport (17).
Is ESA's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 6 in 2024 and 5 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to ESA?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.