Where does Broadcom Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Broadcom Corporation ranks #199 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 Broadcom Corporation hold?

Broadcom Corporation holds 2,041 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 94 technology areas.

What is Broadcom Corporation's Innovation Score?

Broadcom Corporation has an Innovation Score of 63.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Broadcom Corporation focus on?

Broadcom Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 882 patents, ranking #57 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 94 CPC subclasses total.

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

Broadcom Corporation'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 Broadcom Corporation's patents?

Broadcom Corporation's patents average 20.4 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 Broadcom 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 US Corporation

Broadcom Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,041 granted patents across 94 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Broadcom ranks #199 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,041 patents across 94 technology areas.

#199
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.6/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R199 · US Corporation #199 · 2,041 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 2.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #199/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ethicon
CPC-WIDE H04L · 94 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ethicon, Inc. (±1 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 Broadcom’s 63.6 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 26.3 pts (41%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Avaya Management · near

64
Broadcom · this assignee

64
Carbon · near

64
Hefei Xinsheng… · near

64
Imec VZW · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Broadcom's Innovation Score is 63.6/100 (top 2% 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 Broadcom?

Each dot is one of Broadcom’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). Broadcom’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Broadcom's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Broadcom Corporation received 2 grants versus 2,039 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 1,094 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 1. Lead class H04L accounts for 43.2% of the portfolio across 94 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (#195) and King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals (#203).

Realtek Semicondu…

2,067
Skyworks Solutions

2,061
Disney Enterprises

2,051
Ethicon

2,042
Broadcom ◀

2,041
Mastercard Intern…

2,038
IGT

2,014
Pratt & Whitney C…

2,008
King Fahd Univers…

2,002

What this shows Broadcom holds 2,041 patents at rank #199, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Broadcom

By rank, the assignees closest to #199 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Broadcom, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Broadcom ranks #57 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Carbon, Inc. 64 Avaya Management L.P. 64 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 64 Imec VZW 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.4 here).

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation 20.4 avg Clemson University 20.4 avg Seattle Children's Hospital 20.4 avg Ipgate AG 20.4 avg

Broadcom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Broadcom Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1,094	53.6%
2016	824	40.4%
2017	119	5.8%
2018	1	0.0%
2019	1	0.0%
2021	2	0.1%

Which technologies does Broadcom Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 882

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 611

H04B - Transmission 484

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 318

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 303

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 230

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 98

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 88

H04M - Telephonic Communication 67

H04J - Multiplex Communication 65

H03F - Amplifiers 58

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 54

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 45

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 45

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 44

Top 15 of 94 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Broadcom Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 43.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #199 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Broadcom Corporation against Realtek Semiconductor Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.6/100 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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