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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC ranks #12,389 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 Holdings, LLC hold?

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.2 out of 100 (47th 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 Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC focus on?

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 15 patents, ranking #957 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC's recent grant velocity is -96% 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 Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC's patents?

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC's patents average 21.8 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 Comcast Cable Holdings, 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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 #12,389 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 8 technology areas.

#12,389
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.2/100): 21.8
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12389 · US Corporation #12,389 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,389/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Catalyst Medium Four
CPC-NARROW H04N · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Catalyst Medium Four, 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 34.2 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 11.1 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Comcast Cable Holdings · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Comcast's Innovation Score is 34.2/100 (47th 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 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 21.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 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 Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Comcast sits between Catalyst Medium Four, Inc. and Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc..

Catalyst Medium F…

24
Cerion

24
Changzhou AAC Ray…

24
Classic Auto Air…

24
Cortec

24
for National Rese…

24
Coviden

24
Cumberland Pharma…

24
Comcast Cable Hol… ◀

24

What this shows Comcast holds 24 patents at rank #12,394, 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 #12,394 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Comcast's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	79.2%
2016	2	8.3%
2017	1	4.2%
2019	1	4.2%
2020	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 15

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

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 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

H04H - Broadcast Communication 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

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

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #12,389 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC against Catalyst Medium Four, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.2/100 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

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