Where does Ciena Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ciena Corporation ranks #383 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 Ciena Corporation hold?

Ciena Corporation holds 1,148 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 75 technology areas.

What is Ciena Corporation's Innovation Score?

Ciena Corporation has an Innovation Score of 67.2 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ciena Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ciena Corporation's recent grant velocity is +12% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Ciena Corporation's patents?

Ciena Corporation's patents average 18.5 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 Ciena Corporation 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

Ciena Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Ciena Corporation focus on?

Ciena Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 599 patents. Grants appear in 75 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,148 granted patents across 75 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Ciena ranks #383 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,148 patents across 75 technology areas.

#383
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.2/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R383 · US Corporation #383 · 1,148 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #383/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jvckenwood
CPC-WIDE H04L · 75 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jvckenwood Corporation (±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
Edwards Lifesciences · near

67
The Board of… · near

67
Ciena · this assignee

67
TiVo · near

67
Motorola Mobility · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ciena's Innovation Score is 67.2/100 (top 1% 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.

How Ciena's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Ciena Corporation received 564 grants versus 502 in 2015–2019 (+12% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 127 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 69. Lead class H04L accounts for 52.2% of the portfolio across 75 subclasses. Volume neighbours: BorgWarner Inc. (#379) and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (#387).

Ciena's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ciena Corporation moved from 342 to 345 grants (1.01x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,158. See the growth leaderboard.

Borgwarner

1,156
Analog Devices

1,151
The United States…

1,151
Cypress Semicondu…

1,149
Jvckenwood

1,148
Ciena ◀

1,148
Hitachi Astemo

1,145
Osram Opto Semico…

1,141
Northrop Grumman…

1,140

What this shows Ciena holds 1,148 patents at rank #383, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ciena

By rank, the assignees closest to #383 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

TiVo Corporation 67 Motorola Mobility LLC 67 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation 67 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

GM Cruise Holdings LLC 18.5 avg Micromass UK Limited 18.5 avg Block, Inc. 18.5 avg Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. 18.5 avg

Ciena's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Ciena Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	69	6.0%
2016	85	7.4%
2017	127	11.1%
2018	98	8.5%
2019	123	10.7%
2020	113	9.8%
2021	106	9.2%
2022	118	10.3%
2023	118	10.3%
2024	109	9.5%
2025partial year	82	7.1%

Which technologies does Ciena Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 599

H04B - Transmission 366

H04J - Multiplex Communication 289

H04Q - Selecting 179

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 124

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 113

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 71

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 46

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 41

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 39

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 36

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 36

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 25

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 25

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 22

Top 15 of 75 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#383

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

67.2 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

Ciena Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ciena Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 52.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #383 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ciena Corporation against BorgWarner Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.2/100 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

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.