Where does Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC ranks #3,800 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 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC hold?

Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC holds 95 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC's Innovation Score?

Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.6 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC focus on?

Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 67 patents, ranking #284 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC's recent grant velocity is +54% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC's patents?

Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC's patents average 23.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC

Q: How is the Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC 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 PatentsView assignee record - 95 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Comcast ranks #3,800 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 95 patents across 10 technology areas.

#3,800
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.6/100): 23.2
avg claims per patent: +54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3800 · US Corporation #3,800 · 95 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 95 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,800/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abbott Molecular
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abbott Molecular 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 Comcast’s 46.6 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 15.8 pts (34%) Velocity 5.7 pts (12%) Breadth 11.2 pts (24%) Claim depth 13.9 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Inteplast Group · near

47
Comcast Cable… · this assignee

47
Ecole DE Superieure · near

47
FloDesign Sonics · near

47
Ideal Power · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Comcast's Innovation Score is 46.6/100 (top 20% 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 Comcast?

Each dot is one of Comcast’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). Comcast’s own 23.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Comcast's grants concentrate

Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 70.5% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (18 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2017. By volume, Comcast sits between American Airlines, Inc. and Dialog Semiconductor B.V..

Comcast's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC moved from 35 to 30 grants (0.86x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

American Airlines

95
Abbott Molecular

95
Beijing Roborock…

95
Cabot Microelectr…

95
Cortica

95
Daido Steel

95
Daqri

95
Dialog Semiconduc…

95
Comcast Cable Com… ◀

95

What this shows Comcast holds 95 patents at rank #3,800, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Comcast

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,800 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Comcast, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Comcast ranks #284 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Ecole DE Technologie Superieure 47 FloDesign Sonics, Inc. 47 Inteplast Group Corporation 47 Ideal Power Inc. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.2 here).

Intellectual Ventures Fund 79 LLC 23.2 avg Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. 23.3 avg Innova Electronics Corporation 23.2 avg Mftb Holdco, Inc. 23.3 avg

Comcast's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	6	6.3%
2018	18	18.9%
2019	11	11.6%
2020	18	18.9%
2021	6	6.3%
2022	11	11.6%
2023	10	10.5%
2024	9	9.5%
2025partial year	6	6.3%

Which technologies does Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 67

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 44

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 36

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

H04B - Transmission 4

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 4

H04H - Broadcast Communication 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 70.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #3,800 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC against American Airlines, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.6/100 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

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