Overall rank by patents
#20,881
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, California ranks #20,881 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 10 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20881 · US Corporation #20,881 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Canburg Limited (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
California Eastern L… · this assignee
32 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows California's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (top 61% 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.
California Eastern Laboratories, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 38.5% of grants classified under H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, California sits between CS Disco, Inc. and Caris MPI, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
CS DISCO, INC.
13 patents
CSL BEHRING LENGNAU AG
13 patents
CW HOLDINGS LTD
13 patents
CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
13 patents
Canburg Limited
13 patents
Carbon Engineering Ltd.
13 patents
CareBand, Inc.
13 patents
Caris MPI, Inc.
13 patents
California Eastern Laboratories, Inc.
13 patents
What this shows California holds 13 patents at rank #20,929, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,929 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in California's primary technology class.
California's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
32 Top 61% higher than 39% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2019 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2020 | 4 | 30.8% |
| 2021 | 6 | 46.2% |
Top 10 of 10 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,881
of 50,000 tracked assignees
31.9 out of 100
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