Where does Circadence Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Circadence Corporation ranks #9,738 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 Circadence Corporation hold?

Circadence Corporation holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Circadence Corporation's Innovation Score?

Circadence Corporation has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Circadence Corporation focus on?

Circadence Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 26 patents, ranking #1,104 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

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

Circadence Corporation's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Circadence Corporation's patents?

Circadence Corporation's patents average 16.8 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 Circadence 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

Circadence Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 14 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, Circadence ranks #9,738 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 14 technology areas.

#9,738
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9738 · US Corporation #9,738 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,738/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Canrig Drilling…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Canrig Drilling Technology 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.

How Circadence’s 37.6 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 12.1 pts (32%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 13.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Circadence · this assignee

38
Fuding Precision… · near

38
Haulotte Group · near

38
Think AND Vision · near

38
DE Nora Permelec · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Circadence's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 Circadence?

Each dot is one of Circadence’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). Circadence’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Circadence's grants concentrate

Circadence Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Circadence sits between CBF Networks, Inc. and Canrig Drilling Technology Ltd..

Circadence's three-year grant acceleration

Circadence Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

CBF Networks

32
CEM

32
China Automotive…

32
Chongqing Konka P…

32
Connectify

32
Continental Struc…

32
CPI Card Group-co…

32
Canrig Drilling T…

32
Circadence ◀

32

What this shows Circadence holds 32 patents at rank #9,732, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Circadence

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,732 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Circadence, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Circadence ranks #1,104 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Fuding Precision Components (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd. 38 Haulotte Group 38 Think AND Vision GMBH 38 DE Nora Permelec Ltd 38

Circadence's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% 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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Circadence Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	15.6%
2016	3	9.4%
2017	2	6.3%
2018	4	12.5%
2019	6	18.8%
2020	2	6.3%
2021	4	12.5%
2022	1	3.1%
2023	2	6.3%
2024	1	3.1%
2025partial year	2	6.3%

Which technologies does Circadence Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 26

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 12

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 7

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 3

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Circadence Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #9,738 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Circadence Corporation against CBF Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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.