Where does 8×8, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 8×8, Inc. ranks #9,683 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 8×8, Inc. hold?

8×8, Inc. holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is 8×8, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

8×8, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.7 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does 8×8, Inc. focus on?

8×8, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 25 patents, ranking #1,145 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is 8×8, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

8×8, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -32% 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 8×8, Inc.'s patents?

8×8, Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 8×8, Inc. 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 US Corporation

8×8, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 8×8 ranks #9,683 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 8 technology areas.

#9,683
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.7/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9683 · US Corporation #9,683 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,683/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 7AC
CPC-NARROW H04L · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 7AC Technologies, Inc. (±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 8×8’s 42.7 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 12.1 pts (28%) Velocity 9.5 pts (22%) Breadth 10.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
8×8 · this assignee

43
Bionano Genomics · near

43
Noven Pharmaceuticals · near

43
Qwtip · near

43
Wireless Advanced… · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 8×8's Innovation Score is 42.7/100 (top 30% 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 8×8?

Each dot is one of 8×8’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). 8×8’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where 8×8's grants concentrate

8×8, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 78.1% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, 8×8 sits between Zume, Inc. and ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC.

8×8's three-year grant acceleration

8×8, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Zume

33
iunu

33
ratiopharm

33
7AC

32
9224-5489 Quebec

32
AB Sandvik Coroma…

32
Acadia Pharmaceut…

32
ADA Carbon Soluti…

32
8×8 ◀

32

What this shows 8×8 holds 32 patents at rank #9,683, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 8×8

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,683 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 8×8's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for 8×8, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), 8×8 ranks #1,145 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 43 Qwtip LLC 43 Bionano Genomics, Inc. 43 Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification, LLC 43

8×8's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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8×8, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.1%
2016	3	9.4%
2017	6	18.8%
2018	5	15.6%
2019	4	12.5%
2020	3	9.4%
2022	1	3.1%
2023	2	6.3%
2024	7	21.9%

Which technologies does 8×8, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 25

H04M - Telephonic Communication 23

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H04Q - Selecting 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

8×8, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

8×8, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 78.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #9,683 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 8×8, Inc. against Zume, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.7/100 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

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