Where does AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. ranks #38 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 AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. hold?

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. holds 9,554 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 162 technology areas.

What is AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.'s Innovation Score?

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. has an Innovation Score of 71.6 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.'s recent grant velocity is -27% 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 AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.'s patents?

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.'s patents average 19.3 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 AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. 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

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Q: What technology areas does AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. focus on?

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 4,887 patents. Grants appear in 162 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9,554 granted patents across 162 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, At&t ranks #38 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9,554 patents across 162 technology areas.

#38
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.6/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38 · US Corporation #38 · 9,554 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 9.6K grants
TOP-DECILE #38/49,997
CLEAR-GAP Denso
CPC-WIDE H04L · 162 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Denso Corporation (±74 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Inspur Suzhou… · near

72
Wuhan Tianma… · near

72
AT&T Intellectual… · this assignee

72
Align Technology · near

72
Nuvoton Technology… · near

72
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows At&t's Innovation Score is 71.6/100 (top 1% 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.

How At&t's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. received 3,897 grants versus 5,339 in 2015–2019 (-27% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 1,256 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 412. Lead class H04L accounts for 51.2% of the portfolio across 162 subclasses. Volume neighbours: SK hynix Inc. (#34) and LG Display Co., Ltd. (#42).

At&t's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. moved from 3,397 to 1,703 grants (0.50x 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 #2,690. See the growth leaderboard.

SK hynix

9,830
NEC

9,672
Fujitsu

9,654
Koniniklijke Phil…

9,647
AT&T Intellectual… ◀

9,554
Denso

9,480
Hewlett-packard D…

8,656
Fujifilm

8,518
LG Display

8,410

What this shows AT&T holds 9,554 patents at rank #38, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AT&T

By rank, the assignees closest to #38 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in AT&T's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AT&T, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (72 here).

Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. 72 Inspur Suzhou Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. 72 Align Technology, Inc. 72 Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan 72

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.3 here).

Dexcom, Inc. 19.3 avg Grote Industries, Inc. 19.3 avg Maxlinear Asia Singapore PTE Ltd 19.3 avg Amkor Technology, Inc. 19.3 avg

At&t's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

72 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1,023	10.7%
2016	1,043	10.9%
2017	1,039	10.9%
2018	1,031	10.8%
2019	1,203	12.6%
2020	1,256	13.1%
2021	938	9.8%
2022	785	8.2%
2023	506	5.3%
2024	412	4.3%
2025partial year	318	3.3%

Which technologies does AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4,887

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3,725

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2,079

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1,737

H04B - Transmission 1,467

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 960

H04M - Telephonic Communication 952

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 375

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 359

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 359

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 318

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 311

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 283

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 184

H04Q - Selecting 172

Top 15 of 162 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#38

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

71.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 51.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #38 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. against SK hynix Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.6/100 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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