Where does Cable Detection Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cable Detection Limited ranks #45,415 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 Cable Detection Limited hold?

Cable Detection Limited holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Cable Detection Limited's Innovation Score?

Cable Detection Limited has an Innovation Score of 23.9 out of 100 (13th 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 Cable Detection Limited focus on?

Cable Detection Limited's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 5 patents, ranking #189 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cable Detection Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cable Detection Limited's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Cable Detection Limited's patents?

Cable Detection Limited's patents average 19.4 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 Cable Detection 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

Cable Detection Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cable ranks #45,415 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#45,415
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.9/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45415 · Foreign Corporation #45,415 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,415/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH C360
CPC-NARROW G01V · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: C360 Technologies, 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 Cable’s 23.9 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 (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (49%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cable Detection · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cable's Innovation Score is 23.9/100 (13th 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 Cable?

Each dot is one of Cable’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). Cable’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cable's grants concentrate

Cable Detection Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Cable sits between C360 Technologies, Inc. and Calmwave, Inc..

C360

5
C4 Carbides

5
C7 Sugar

5
Ca-digital

5
Caddi

5
Calik Denim Tekst…

5
Calla Lily Person…

5
Calmwave

5
Cable Detection ◀

5

What this shows Cable holds 5 patents at rank #45,425, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cable

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,425 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Cable's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cable Detection Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Cable Detection Limited patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 5

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 1

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Cable Detection Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cable Detection Limited's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #45,415 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cable Detection Limited against C360 Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.9/100 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.