Overall rank by patents
#20,896
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 2 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Catbird ranks #20,896 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 2 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20896 · US Corporation #20,896 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Carbon Engineering Ltd. (±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
Catbird Networks · this assignee
25 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Catbird's Innovation Score is 25.1/100 (top 84% 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.
Catbird Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Catbird sits between Carbon Engineering Ltd. and Centogene Gmbh.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Carbon Engineering Ltd.
13 patents
CareBand, Inc.
13 patents
Caris MPI, Inc.
13 patents
Caris Science, Inc.
13 patents
Cellphire, Inc.
13 patents
Cellresin Technologies, LLC
13 patents
Cellzome Limited
13 patents
Centogene GmbH
13 patents
Catbird Networks, Inc.
13 patents
What this shows Catbird holds 13 patents at rank #20,935, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,935 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Catbird's primary technology class.
Catbird's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
25 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2019 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2020 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2021 | 3 | 23.1% |
Top 2 of 2 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,896
of 50,000 tracked assignees
25.1 out of 100
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.