Where does Avaya Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Avaya Inc. ranks #434 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 Avaya Inc. hold?

Avaya Inc. holds 1,044 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 48 technology areas.

What is Avaya Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Avaya Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.5 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Avaya 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 Avaya Inc.'s patents?

Avaya Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 Avaya 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

Avaya Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Avaya Inc. focus on?

Avaya Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 562 patents. Grants appear in 48 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,044 granted patents across 48 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Avaya ranks #434 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,044 patents across 48 technology areas.

#434
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.5/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R434 · US Corporation #434 · 1,044 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 1.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #434/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Largan Precision
CPC-WIDE H04L · 48 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Largan Precision Co., Ltd. (±2 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
Autel Robotics · near

61
Avaya · this assignee

61
Bombardier · near

61
Dspace · near

61
Lanto · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Avaya's Innovation Score is 61.5/100 (top 3% 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.

Where Avaya's grants concentrate

Avaya Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (237 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2024. By volume, Avaya sits between ServiceNow, Inc. and Seoul National University R&DB Foundation.

Avaya's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Avaya Inc. moved from 273 to 62 grants (0.23x 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 #3,069. See the growth leaderboard.

Servicenow

1,052
Duke University

1,050
University of Pit…

1,050
Largan Precision

1,046
Avaya ◀

1,044
Toyota Jidoshokki

1,041
Mitsubishi Chemic…

1,040
Genentech

1,039
Seoul National Un…

1,030

What this shows Avaya holds 1,044 patents at rank #434, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Avaya

By rank, the assignees closest to #434 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Bombardier Inc. 61 Autel Robotics Co., Ltd. 61 Dspace GMBH 61 Lanto Electronic Limited 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Universal Display Corporation 19.1 avg Geotab Inc. 19.1 avg Geodynamics, Inc. 19.1 avg Home BOX Office, Inc. 19.1 avg

Avaya's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Avaya Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	237	22.7%
2016	187	17.9%
2017	179	17.1%
2018	106	10.2%
2019	108	10.3%
2020	100	9.6%
2021	65	6.2%
2022	44	4.2%
2023	15	1.4%
2024	3	0.3%

Which technologies does Avaya Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 562

H04M - Telephonic Communication 409

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 256

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 182

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 134

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 95

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 57

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 21

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 20

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 17

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 15

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 13

H04B - Transmission 9

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 9

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 9

Top 15 of 48 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#434

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.5 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

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

Avaya Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 53.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #434 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Avaya Inc. against ServiceNow, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.5/100 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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