Where does 8x8, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 8x8, Inc. ranks #1,241 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 8x8, Inc. hold?

8x8, Inc. holds 341 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is 8x8, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

8x8, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.5 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does 8x8, Inc. focus on?

8x8, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 275 patents, ranking #163 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is 8x8, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

8x8, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +161% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for 8x8, Inc.'s patents?

8x8, Inc.'s patents average 19.0 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 8x8, 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

8x8, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 341 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, 8x8 ranks #1,241 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 341 patents across 13 technology areas.

#1,241
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.5/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +161%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1241 · US Corporation #1,241 · 341 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 341 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,241/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cargill Incorporated
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +161% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cargill, Incorporated (±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 8x8’s 51.5 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 20.2 pts (39%) Velocity 7.2 pts (14%) Breadth 12.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
8x8 · this assignee

51
Chart · near

51
Jvis-usa · near

51
TEL Hashomer… · near

51
Sumitomo Electric… · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 8x8's Innovation Score is 51.5/100 (top 11% 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 8x8?

Each dot is one of 8x8’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). 8x8’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

8x8 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where 8x8's grants concentrate

8x8, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 80.6% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (56 grants) versus a trough of 11 in 2015. By volume, 8x8 sits between SHL Medical AG and Sonova AG.

8x8's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, 8x8, Inc. moved from 123 to 132 grants (1.07x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,014. See the growth leaderboard.

SHL Medical

344
Sonoco Development

344
Cox Communications

342
Hartford Fire Ins…

342
Cargill Incorpora…

341
Exxon Mobil Techn…

341
8x8 ◀

341
Parallel Wireless

340
Sonova

340

What this shows 8x8 holds 341 patents at rank #1,241, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 8x8

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,241 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 8x8's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for 8x8, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), 8x8 ranks #163 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

TEL Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure AND Services Ltd. 51 Chart Inc. 51 Jvis-usa, LLC 51 Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.0 here).

MicroStrategy Incorporated 19.0 avg Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG 19.0 avg Atlassian US, Inc. 19.0 avg eBay Inc. 19.0 avg

8x8's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

8x8, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	3.2%
2016	11	3.2%
2017	15	4.4%
2018	22	6.5%
2019	28	8.2%
2020	43	12.6%
2021	52	15.2%
2022	35	10.3%
2023	56	16.4%
2024	41	12.0%
2025partial year	27	7.9%

Which technologies does 8x8, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 275

H04M - Telephonic Communication 232

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 73

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 44

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 32

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 21

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 18

H04Q - Selecting 15

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 5

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 5

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

8x8, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

8x8, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 80.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,241 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 8x8, Inc. against SHL Medical AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.5/100 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

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