Where does Blockstream Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Blockstream Corporation ranks #45,259 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 Blockstream Corporation hold?

Blockstream Corporation holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2022, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Blockstream Corporation's Innovation Score?

Blockstream Corporation has an Innovation Score of 22.1 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Blockstream Corporation focus on?

Blockstream Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 5 patents, ranking #4,044 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Blockstream Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Blockstream Corporation.

What does claim depth mean for Blockstream Corporation's patents?

Blockstream Corporation's patents average 15.4 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 Blockstream Corporation 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

Blockstream Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2022. 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, Blockstream ranks #45,259 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#45,259
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.1/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45259 · Foreign Corporation #45,259 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,259/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bliss Hammocks
CPC-NARROW H04L · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2022 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bliss Hammocks Inc. (±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 Blockstream’s 22.1 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 6.2 pts (28%) Velocity 1.7 pts (8%) Breadth 5.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Canon Marketing Japan · near

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Blockstream · this assignee

22
Covalent Materials · near

22
Seattle Espresso… · near

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Blockstream's Innovation Score is 22.1/100 (10th percentile 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 Blockstream?

Each dot is one of Blockstream’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). Blockstream’s own 15.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Blockstream's grants concentrate

Blockstream Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Blockstream sits between Bliss Hammocks Inc. and Blue Line Security Solutions LLC.

Blockstream's three-year grant acceleration

Blockstream Corporation shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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What this shows Blockstream holds 5 patents at rank #45,329, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Blockstream

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,329 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Blockstream, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Blockstream ranks #4,044 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (22 here).

Covalent Materials Corporation 22 Altman Specialty Plants llc 22 Seattle Espresso Machine Corporation 22 Canon Marketing Japan Kabushiki Kaisha 22

Blockstream's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2022

Grants by year

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

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Blockstream Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	40.0%
2021	2	40.0%
2022	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Blockstream Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

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 3

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Blockstream Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Blockstream Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #45,259 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Blockstream Corporation against Bliss Hammocks Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.1/100 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

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.