Where does Cirba IP Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cirba IP Inc. ranks #45,686 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 Cirba IP Inc. hold?

Cirba IP Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Cirba IP Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cirba IP Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.2 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cirba IP Inc. focus on?

Cirba IP Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 4 patents, ranking #4,682 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cirba IP Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cirba IP Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Cirba IP Inc.'s patents?

Cirba IP Inc.'s patents average 32.6 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 Cirba IP 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 Foreign Corporation

Cirba IP Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cirba ranks #45,686 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#45,686
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.2/100): 32.6
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45686 · Foreign Corporation #45,686 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,686/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chun Lam Group…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 32.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chun Lam Group (International) Limited (±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 Cirba’s 26.2 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 6.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (19%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (57%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cirba IP · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cirba's Innovation Score is 26.2/100 (20th percentile 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 Cirba?

Each dot is one of Cirba’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). Cirba’s own 32.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cirba's grants concentrate

Cirba IP Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Cirba sits between Chun Lam Group (International) Limited and Cisma Solutions ApS.

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What this shows Cirba holds 5 patents at rank #45,850, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cirba

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,850 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Cirba's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cirba IP Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	40.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Cirba IP Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

Top 2 of 2 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

Cirba IP Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cirba IP Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #45,686 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cirba IP Inc. against Chun Lam Group (International) Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.2/100 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.