Where does Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. ranks #11,972 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 Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. hold?

Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C.'s Innovation Score?

Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (41st 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 Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. focus on?

Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 20 patents, ranking #775 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C.'s patents?

Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C.'s patents average 18.4 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 Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. 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

Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Clearwire ranks #11,972 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 8 technology areas.

#11,972
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11972 · US Corporation #11,972 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #11,972/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH China Pharmaceutical…
CPC-NARROW H04W · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: China Pharmaceutical University (±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 Clearwire’s 32.3 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 11.3 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (31%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ainsworth Game… · near

32
Bechtel Hydrocarbon… · near

32
Clearwire IP… · this assignee

32
Hyper Ice · near

32
Ipgreat Incorporated · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Clearwire's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st 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 Clearwire?

Each dot is one of Clearwire’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). Clearwire’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Clearwire's grants concentrate

Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (11 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2017. By volume, Clearwire sits between China Pharmaceutical University and Cspc Zhongqi Pharmaceutical Technology (SHIJIAZHUANG) Co., Ltd..

China Pharmaceuti…

25
Chung Chwan Enter…

25
Citizen Finedevice

25
Clear Imaging Res…

25
Columbia Aluminum…

25
Component Hardwar…

25
Convotherm-elektr…

25
Cspc Zhongqi Phar…

25
Clearwire IP Hold… ◀

25

What this shows Clearwire holds 25 patents at rank #11,960, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Clearwire

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,960 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Clearwire, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Clearwire ranks #775 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Hyper Ice, Inc. 32 Ipgreat Incorporated 32 Bechtel Hydrocarbon Technology Solutions, Inc. 32 Ainsworth Game Technology Limited 32

Clearwire's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	40.0%
2016	11	44.0%
2017	4	16.0%

Which technologies does Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 20

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

H04B - Transmission 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

H04H - Broadcast Communication 2

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #11,972 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Clearwire IP Holdings L.L.C. against China Pharmaceutical University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.3/100 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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