Where does Boingo Wireless, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boingo Wireless, Inc. ranks #45,298 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 Boingo Wireless, Inc. hold?

Boingo Wireless, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2016, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Boingo Wireless, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Boingo Wireless, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.5 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 Boingo Wireless, Inc. focus on?

Boingo Wireless, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Boingo Wireless, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Boingo Wireless, Inc.'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 Boingo Wireless, Inc.'s patents?

Boingo Wireless, Inc.'s patents average 14.0 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 Boingo Wireless, 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

Boingo Wireless, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2016. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Boingo ranks #45,298 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#45,298
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.5/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45298 · US Corporation #45,298 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,298/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Board of Trustees…
CPC-NARROW H04W · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Board of Trustees Leland Stanford Jr University (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boingo Wireless · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Boingo's Innovation Score is 22.5/100 (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.

Where Boingo's grants concentrate

Boingo Wireless, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). By volume, Boingo sits between Board of Trustees Leland Stanford Jr University and Borland Software Corporation.

Board of Trustees…

5
Bobcar Media

5
Bobjgear

5
Bohnas Innovations

5
Bombora

5
Bonfit America

5
Boral Stone Produ…

5
Borland Software

5
Boingo Wireless ◀

5

What this shows Boingo holds 5 patents at rank #45,346, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Boingo

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,346 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Boingo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Boingo Wireless, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	100.0%

Which technologies does Boingo Wireless, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

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 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#45,298

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

22.5 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

Boingo Wireless, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boingo Wireless, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #45,298 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boingo Wireless, Inc. against Board of Trustees Leland Stanford Jr University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.5/100 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

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.