USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

ADVA Optical Networking SE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 119 granted patents across 30 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H04B (TRANSMISSION).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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119

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

16.8

Avg claims per patent

-43%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

ADVA holds 119 US patents across 30 technology areas, rank #3,149 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#3,149
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -43%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

ADVA Optical Networking SE has been granted 119 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing ADVA Optical Networking SE at rank #3,149 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 30 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04B (TRANSMISSION). As a Foreign Corporation, ADVA Optical Networking SE is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, ADVA sits between Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation (120 patents, rank #3,145) and Cardiovalve Ltd. (119 patents, rank #3,153) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 48.6/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 43 grants, compared with 76 in the 2015–2019 window, a -43% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. ADVA Optical Networking SE's 16.8 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 30 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark ADVA Optical Networking SE against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows ADVA holds 119 patents at rank #3,149, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ADVA

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,149 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

ADVA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 50,000 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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ADVA Optical Networking SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	11.8%
2016	17	14.3%
2017	14	11.8%
2018	13	10.9%
2019	18	15.1%
2020	14	11.8%
2021	11	9.2%
2022	7	5.9%
2023	8	6.7%
2024	2	1.7%
2025	1	0.8%

Which technologies does ADVA Optical Networking SE patent most?

H04B - TRANSMISSION 56

H04J - MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION 54

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 51

H04Q - SELECTING 15

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 12

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 11

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 8

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 6

G01M - TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 4

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 3

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 3

G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 3

G01K - MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 2

G04F - TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING 2

G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY 2

Top 15 of 30 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,149

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does ADVA Optical Networking SE hold?

ADVA Optical Networking SE holds 119 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is ADVA Optical Networking SE's Innovation Score?

ADVA Optical Networking SE has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ADVA Optical Networking SE focus on?

ADVA Optical Networking SE's top technology area is H04B (TRANSMISSION) with 56 patents. The company has filed patents in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is ADVA Optical Networking SE's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

ADVA Optical Networking SE's recent filing velocity is -43% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for ADVA Optical Networking SE's patents?

ADVA Optical Networking SE's patents average 16.8 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the ADVA Optical Networking SE 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.

How to use this portfolio

ADVA's 119 grants land it in the top 16% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - ADVA ranks #3,149 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H04B - see who else leads that technology area. H04B leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.