Where does CITEL rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CITEL ranks #34,759 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 CITEL hold?

CITEL holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is CITEL's Innovation Score?

CITEL has an Innovation Score of 29.9 out of 100 (32nd 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 CITEL focus on?

CITEL's top technology area is H01C (Resistors) with 5 patents, ranking #28 of 167 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is CITEL's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CITEL's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for CITEL's patents?

CITEL's patents average 13.9 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 CITEL 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

CITEL

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H01C (Resistors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Citel ranks #34,759 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#34,759
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.9/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34759 · Foreign Corporation #34,759 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,759/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Circle Graphics
CPC-NARROW H01C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Circle Graphics, 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 Citel’s 29.9 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 7.2 pts (24%) Velocity 4.4 pts (15%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CITEL · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Citel's Innovation Score is 29.9/100 (32nd 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 Citel?

Each dot is one of Citel’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). Citel’s own 13.9 claims/patent is at or below the 18.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Citel's grants concentrate

CITEL is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under H01C (Resistors). By volume, Citel sits between Circle Graphics, Inc. and Clear-vu Lighting LLC.

Citel's three-year grant acceleration

CITEL shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Circle Graphics

7
Circor Aerospace

7
CIS Global

7
Cision US

7
Civil Aviation Un…

7
Cixi Bosheng Plas…

7
Clarins

7
Clear-vu Lighting

7
Citel ◀

7

What this shows CITEL holds 7 patents at rank #34,689, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CITEL

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,689 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01C (Resistors)

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

Citel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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CITEL patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does CITEL patent most?

H01C - Resistors 5

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 4

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 4

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

CITEL's lead technology class is H01C (Resistors), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01C
Ranked #34,759 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CITEL against Circle Graphics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.9/100 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

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.