Space Tech IP
has no
gravity.
The commercialization of space is generating some of the most novel patentable technology in history. Launch systems, in-orbit servicing, satellite constellations, and space-based sensing all produce IP worth protecting from day one.
Launch & propulsion patents
Novel propellant formulations, combustion chamber geometries, engine control algorithms, and stage separation mechanisms are patentable. The NewSpace era has created significant room for novel claims even in mature rocket categories.
In-orbit systems IP
Rendezvous and proximity operations algorithms, docking mechanisms, in-orbit manufacturing processes, and satellite servicing systems represent some of the most novel IP in the space economy - with limited prior art and extraordinary claim potential.
Remote sensing & data IP
Novel satellite imaging architectures, SAR processing methods, data fusion algorithms, and ground segment processing pipelines are patentable. In a commoditizing market, your data IP is your durable moat.
The final frontier of
IP opportunity.
Most space tech founders are so focused on extraordinary engineering challenges that IP strategy is an afterthought. Meanwhile, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and the major primes are filing aggressively across every adjacent technology.
The window for broad claims in in-orbit servicing, space-based solar power, and lunar resource extraction is open right now - but it won't stay open. Founders who file in the next 24 months will set prior art that shapes the industry for decades.
Space tech is generating genuinely novel patentable IP at a rate unseen since the Apollo era. In-orbit servicing, space manufacturing, and lunar surface operations have almost no prior art - which means first-movers can secure extraordinarily broad claims.
“The NewSpace era is producing patent opportunities that look like software in 1995. The founders who file now will own the architecture of the space economy.”
Where we deploy
IP firepower.
Reusable launch vehicles, small sat launchers, propulsion
Novel propellant, engine cycles, recovery systemsNovel propellant combinations, engine cycle improvements, grid fin control algorithms, and stage recovery mechanisms contain patentable innovations distinct from existing large portfolios.
Refueling, inspection, assembly, debris removal
RPA algorithms, grappling mechanisms, on-orbit transferRendezvous algorithms, grappling mechanisms for non-cooperative targets, on-orbit propellant transfer, and robotic assembly methods represent some of the broadest available IP in the space economy.
High-resolution imaging, SAR, hyperspectral, change detection
Satellite bus, imaging payload, on-board processingNovel satellite bus architectures, imaging payload designs, on-board processing systems, and ground segment data fusion pipelines are patentable. Technical IP is the only durable differentiator in a commoditizing market.
Surface mobility, ISRU, cislunar infrastructure
Regolith processing, ISRU methods, surface mobilityIn-situ resource utilization methods, regolith processing systems, and surface mobility architectures for extraterrestrial environments have minimal prior art. The patent landscape for lunar operations is genuinely open.
Space IP is
written right now.
We co-invest $25K–$200K alongside top-tier leads and SBIR-backed space tech companies. The NewSpace patent landscape is being written in the next 24 months - we help you claim your part before the window closes.