Where does Cellco Partnership rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cellco Partnership ranks #959 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 Cellco Partnership hold?

Cellco Partnership holds 459 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is Cellco Partnership's Innovation Score?

Cellco Partnership has an Innovation Score of 56.2 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cellco Partnership focus on?

Cellco Partnership's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 242 patents. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cellco Partnership's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cellco Partnership's recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Cellco Partnership's patents?

Cellco Partnership's patents average 19.7 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 Cellco Partnership 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

Cellco Partnership

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 459 granted patents across 43 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cellco ranks #959 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 459 patents across 43 technology areas.

#959
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.2/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R959 · US Corporation #959 · 459 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 459 grants
TOP-DECILE #959/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sumitomo Electric…
CPC-WIDE H04W · 43 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp. (±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
Brilliant Home… · near

56
Cellco Partnership · this assignee

56
E &J Gallo Winery · near

56
Valeo Systemes… · near

56
YKK · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cellco's Innovation Score is 56.2/100 (top 6% 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 Cellco's grants concentrate

Cellco Partnership is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 52.7% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (192 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Cellco sits between THE Trustees OF Princeton University and ADP, Inc..

THE Trustees OF P…

463
CNH Industrial Ca…

462
Himax

462
Riken

461
Sumitomo Electric…

459
Cellco Partnership ◀

459
Huazhong Universi…

458
Sandvik Intellect…

458
ADP

457

What this shows Cellco holds 459 patents at rank #959, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cellco

By rank, the assignees closest to #959 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cellco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

YKK Corporation 56 Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage 56 E. &J. Gallo Winery 56 Brilliant Home Technology, Inc. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).

Netflix, Inc. 19.7 avg Linear Technology Holding LLC 19.7 avg Yahoo Holdings, Inc. 19.7 avg Aruba Networks, Inc. 19.7 avg

Cellco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Cellco Partnership patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	192	41.8%
2016	139	30.3%
2017	78	17.0%
2018	29	6.3%
2019	15	3.3%
2020	5	1.1%
2021	1	0.2%

Which technologies does Cellco Partnership patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 242

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 199

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 93

H04M - Telephonic Communication 70

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 65

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 24

H04B - Transmission 19

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 10

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 6

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 6

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 6

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 5

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

Top 15 of 43 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#959

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Cellco Partnership's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cellco Partnership's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 52.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #959 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cellco Partnership against THE Trustees OF Princeton University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.2/100 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

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