Where does Certicom Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Certicom Corp. ranks #3,173 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 Certicom Corp. hold?

Certicom Corp. holds 118 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Certicom Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Certicom Corp. has an Innovation Score of 44.9 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Certicom Corp. focus on?

Certicom Corp.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 106 patents, ranking #366 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Certicom Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Certicom Corp.'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 Certicom Corp.'s patents?

Certicom Corp.'s patents average 20.0 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 Certicom Corp. 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

Certicom Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 118 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Certicom ranks #3,173 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 118 patents across 20 technology areas.

#3,173
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.9/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3173 · Foreign Corporation #3,173 · 118 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 118 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,173/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Artilux
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Artilux, 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 Certicom’s 44.9 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 16.5 pts (37%) Velocity 0.5 pts (1%) Breadth 15.8 pts (35%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AXENS · near

45
Certicom · this assignee

45
Formalloy · near

45
Nanthealth · near

45
Ecco Sko A/S · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Certicom's Innovation Score is 44.9/100 (top 25% 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 Certicom?

Each dot is one of Certicom’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). Certicom’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Certicom's grants concentrate

Certicom Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 89.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (48 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Certicom sits between Yamabiko Corporation and Holley Performance Products, Inc..

Certicom's three-year grant acceleration

Certicom Corp. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Yamabiko

119
Zurn Industries

119
Artilux

118
Avast Software s…

118
Consumerinfo com

118
Ergotron

118
Federal-mogul Pow…

118
Holley Performanc…

118
Certicom ◀

118

What this shows Certicom holds 118 patents at rank #3,173, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Certicom

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,173 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Certicom, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Certicom ranks #366 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

AXENS 45 Nanthealth, Inc. 45 Formalloy Technologies, Inc. 45 Ecco Sko A/S 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.0 here).

Divx, LLC 20.0 avg Joy MM Delaware, Inc. 20.0 avg ClearMotion, Inc. 20.0 avg Sailpoint Technologies, Inc. 20.0 avg

Certicom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Certicom Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	48	40.7%
2016	21	17.8%
2017	17	14.4%
2018	18	15.3%
2019	13	11.0%
2022	1	0.8%

Which technologies does Certicom Corp. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 106

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 37

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 35

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 9

H04M - Telephonic Communication 4

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 4

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 4

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

H04B - Transmission 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Certicom Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Certicom Corp.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 89.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #3,173 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Certicom Corp. against Yamabiko Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.9/100 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

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