Where does 3G Licensing S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 3G Licensing S.A. ranks #22,098 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does 3G Licensing S.A. hold?

3G Licensing S.A. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is 3G Licensing S.A.'s Innovation Score?

3G Licensing S.A. has an Innovation Score of 22.5 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does 3G Licensing S.A. focus on?

3G Licensing S.A.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 10 patents, ranking #1,346 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is 3G Licensing S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

3G Licensing S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for 3G Licensing S.A.'s patents?

3G Licensing S.A.'s patents average 14.4 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the 3G Licensing S.A. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

3G Licensing S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 3G ranks #22,098 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 2 technology areas.

#22,098
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.5/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22098 · Foreign Corporation #22,098 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,098/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 1E
CPC-NARROW H04W · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 1E Limited (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How 3G’s 22.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 8.9 pts (39%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (22%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
G AND E International · near

23
Kimura Kohki · near

23
M&K Holdings · near

23
3G Licensing · this assignee

23
Roost · near

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 3G's Innovation Score is 22.5/100 (10th percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for 3G?

Each dot is one of 3G’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). 3G’s own 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

3G vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where 3G's grants concentrate

3G Licensing S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, 3G sits between 1E Limited and 6D Bytes Inc..

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3D Bridge Solutio…

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460medical

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What this shows 3G holds 12 patents at rank #22,098, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 3G

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,098 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 3G's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for 3G, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 3G ranks #1,346 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

Kimura Kohki Co., Ltd. 23 M&K Holdings Inc. 23 G AND E International LLC 23 Roost LLC 22

3G's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

23 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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3G Licensing S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	8.3%
2017	4	33.3%
2018	2	16.7%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	2	16.7%

Which technologies does 3G Licensing S.A. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 10

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

3G Licensing S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

3G Licensing S.A.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #22,098 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 3G Licensing S.A. against 1E Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.5/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.