Where does Broadcom Europe Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Broadcom Europe Limited ranks #13,339 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 Europe Limited hold?

Broadcom Europe Limited holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Broadcom Europe Limited's Innovation Score?

Broadcom Europe Limited has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% 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 Europe Limited focus on?

Broadcom Europe Limited's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 16 patents, ranking #564 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Broadcom Europe Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Broadcom Europe Limited'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 Europe Limited's patents?

Broadcom Europe Limited's patents average 21.2 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 Europe Limited 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

Broadcom Europe Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Broadcom ranks #13,339 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 15 technology areas.

#13,339
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13339 · Foreign Corporation #13,339 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,339/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BabyBjörn AB
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BabyBjörn AB (±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 Broadcom’s 37.2 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 10.8 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Broadcom Europe · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Broadcom's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.6 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.

Where Broadcom's grants concentrate

Broadcom Europe Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Broadcom sits between Bloodworks and Best Apps, LLC.

Bloodworks

22
Bodor Laboratories

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Boyce Thompson In…

22
BPW Bergische Ach…

22
Babybjörn AB

22
Basilea Pharmaceu…

22
Beigene Switzerla…

22
Best Apps

22
Broadcom Europe ◀

22

What this shows Broadcom holds 22 patents at rank #13,325, 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 #13,325 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Broadcom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

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 Europe Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	68.2%
2016	6	27.3%
2017	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Broadcom Europe Limited patent most?

H04B - Transmission 16

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 10

G11C - Static Stores 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

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 2

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

H03F - Amplifiers 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 1

Top 15 of 15 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 Europe Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Broadcom Europe Limited's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #13,339 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Broadcom Europe Limited against Bloodworks, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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.