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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC ranks #15,198 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 IP Holdings I, LLC hold?

Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC's Innovation Score?

Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.5 out of 100 (48th 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 IP Holdings I, LLC focus on?

Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 18 patents, ranking #841 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC'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 Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC's patents?

Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC's patents average 21.6 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 IP Holdings I, 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 IP Holdings I, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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 #15,198 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 10 technology areas.

#15,198
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.5/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15198 · US Corporation #15,198 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,198/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cinsay
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cinsay, 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 34.5 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 10.3 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Comcast IP Holdings I · this assignee

34
Kompan A/S · near

34
Laboratorios DEL DR… · near

34
Oculeve · near

34
Sequent Medical · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Comcast's Innovation Score is 34.5/100 (48th 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 21.6 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.

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

Where Comcast's grants concentrate

Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 94.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Comcast sits between Cinsay, Inc. and Corbin Clinical Resources, LLC.

Cinsay

19
Circa Scientific

19
Clearflow

19
Clearpoint Neuro

19
Con-tech Manufact…

19
Congruens Group

19
Coolside

19
Corbin Clinical R…

19
Comcast IP Holdin… ◀

19

What this shows Comcast holds 19 patents at rank #15,207, 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 #15,207 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 #841 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Kompan A/S 34 Sequent Medical, Inc. 34 Oculeve, Inc. 34 Laboratorios DEL DR. Esteve S.A. 34

Comcast's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

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 IP Holdings I, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	36.8%
2016	3	15.8%
2017	5	26.3%
2018	2	10.5%
2019	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 18

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

H04H - Broadcast Communication 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

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 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H04Q - Selecting 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 IP Holdings I, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 94.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #15,198 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC against Cinsay, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.5/100 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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