Where does Carrier IQ, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carrier IQ, Inc. ranks #25,956 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Carrier IQ, Inc. hold?

Carrier IQ, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Carrier IQ, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Carrier IQ, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.5 out of 100 (top 85% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Carrier IQ, Inc. focus on?

Carrier IQ, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Carrier IQ, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Carrier IQ, 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 Carrier IQ, Inc.'s patents?

Carrier IQ, Inc.'s patents average 13.9 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 Carrier IQ, 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

Carrier IQ, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Carrier ranks #25,956 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 5 technology areas.

#25,956
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 85%
by Innovation Score (24.5/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25956 · US Corporation #25,956 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,956/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH CAPNIA
CPC-NARROW H04W · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Capnia, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carrier IQ · this assignee

25
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Carrier's Innovation Score is 24.5/100 (top 85% 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 Carrier's grants concentrate

Carrier IQ, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Carrier sits between Capnia, Inc. and Causam Exchange, Inc..

Capnia

10
Caraustar Industr…

10
Carbon Capture

10
Carewear

10
Cassy Holdings

10
Cathay R&D Center

10
Catry Internation…

10
Causam Exchange

10
Carrier IQ ◀

10

What this shows Carrier holds 10 patents at rank #25,947, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Carrier

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,947 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Carrier's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 Top 85% higher than 15% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Carrier IQ, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2018	3	30.0%
2019	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Carrier IQ, Inc. patent most?

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 9

H04M - TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION 6

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 5

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 5

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 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#25,956

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

24.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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