Where does Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. ranks #13,290 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 Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. hold?

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. focus on?

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type) with 13 patents, ranking #40 of 507 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.'s patents average 18.3 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 Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. 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

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alcatel-lucent ranks #13,290 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 17 technology areas.

#13,290
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13290 · Foreign Corporation #13,290 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,290/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Affinity Tool Works
CPC-FOCUS H01P · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Affinity Tool Works, LLC (±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 Alcatel-lucent’s 36.4 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 10.8 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Alcatel-lucent's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 46% 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 Alcatel-lucent?

Each dot is one of Alcatel-lucent’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). Alcatel-lucent’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Alcatel-lucent's grants concentrate

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 59.1% of grants classified under H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Alcatel-lucent sits between Affinity Tool Works, LLC and Anthrogenesis Corporation.

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What this shows Alcatel-Lucent holds 22 patents at rank #13,300, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alcatel-Lucent

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,300 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01P (Waveguides)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Alcatel-Lucent's primary technology class.

Alcatel-lucent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2016	9	40.9%
2017	10	45.5%
2018	2	9.1%

Which technologies does Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. patent most?

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 13

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

H04B - Transmission 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

H03F - Amplifiers 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type), 59.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01P
Ranked #13,290 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. against Affinity Tool Works, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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