Where does Adtran, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Adtran, Inc. ranks #2,137 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 Adtran, Inc. hold?

Adtran, Inc. holds 184 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Adtran, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Adtran, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.3 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Adtran, Inc. focus on?

Adtran, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 108 patents, ranking #361 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

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

Adtran, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -72% 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 Adtran, Inc.'s patents?

Adtran, 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 Adtran, 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

Adtran, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 184 granted patents across 40 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, Adtran ranks #2,137 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 184 patents across 40 technology areas.

#2,137
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.3/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2137 · US Corporation #2,137 · 184 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 184 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,137/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Asics
CPC-WIDE H04L · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Asics Corporation (±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 Adtran’s 54.3 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 18.0 pts (33%) Velocity 2.5 pts (5%) Breadth 22.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adtran · this assignee

54
ETO Magnetic · near

54
Jess-link Products · near

54
Tektro Technology · near

54
Suntory Holdings · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Adtran's Innovation Score is 54.3/100 (top 8% 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 Adtran?

Each dot is one of Adtran’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). Adtran’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Adtran's grants concentrate

Adtran, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 58.7% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (33 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2022. By volume, Adtran sits between PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. and Gates Corporation.

Adtran's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Adtran, Inc. moved from 40 to 15 grants (0.38x 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 #2,913. See the growth leaderboard.

Perkinelmer Healt…

185
Raytheon BBN

185
Zedel

185
Asics

184
Dart Industries

184
ETH Zurich

184
Foundation OF Soo…

184
Gates

184
Adtran ◀

184

What this shows Adtran holds 184 patents at rank #2,138, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Adtran

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,138 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Adtran, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Adtran ranks #361 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

ETO Magnetic GMBH 54 Tektro Technology Corporation 54 Jess-link Products Co., Ltd. 54 Suntory Holdings Limited 54

Similar claim depth

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

Cohesity, Inc. 19.0 avg Atlassian, Inc. 19.0 avg Heraeus Medical GmbH 19.0 avg University Of Delaware 19.0 avg

Adtran's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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.

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Adtran, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	33	17.9%
2016	33	17.9%
2017	29	15.8%
2018	26	14.1%
2019	17	9.2%
2020	17	9.2%
2021	6	3.3%
2022	4	2.2%
2023	6	3.3%
2024	5	2.7%
2025partial year	8	4.3%

Which technologies does Adtran, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 108

H04B - Transmission 67

H04M - Telephonic Communication 37

H04Q - Selecting 28

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 21

H04J - Multiplex Communication 16

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 16

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 11

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 8

H03F - Amplifiers 6

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 4

Top 15 of 40 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

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

Adtran, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 58.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,137 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Adtran, Inc. against PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.3/100 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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