Where does Communications Test Design, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Communications Test Design, Inc. ranks #10,582 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 Communications Test Design, Inc. hold?

Communications Test Design, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Communications Test Design, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Communications Test Design, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.5 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Communications Test Design, Inc. focus on?

Communications Test Design, Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 8 patents, ranking #1,515 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Communications Test Design, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Communications Test Design, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +750% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Communications Test Design, Inc.'s patents?

Communications Test Design, Inc.'s patents average 12.9 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 Communications Test Design, Inc. 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

Communications Test Design, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 18 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Communications ranks #10,582 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 18 technology areas.

#10,582
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.5/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +750%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10582 · US Corporation #10,582 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,582/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carma Technology
CPC-FOCUS G06T · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +750% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carma Technology Ltd. (±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 Communications’s 54.5 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 11.7 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 15.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CompoSecure · near

55
General Motors · near

55
Celgene · near

54
Communications Test… · this assignee

54
Ziehl-abegg SE · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Communications's Innovation Score is 54.5/100 (top 8% 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 Communications?

Each dot is one of Communications’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). Communications’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Communications's grants concentrate

Communications Test Design, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 27.6% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Communications sits between Carma Technology Ltd. and Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd..

Communications's three-year grant acceleration

Communications Test Design, Inc. shows 15 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.

Carma Technology

29
Celgene Avilomics…

29
Charles River Lab…

29
Clairson

29
Contrast

29
Control Components

29
Critical Care Dia…

29
Daiichi Kigenso K…

29
Communications Te… ◀

29

What this shows Communications holds 29 patents at rank #10,585, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Communications

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,585 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Communications, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation), Communications ranks #1,515 of 6,389 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Ziehl-abegg SE 54 Celgene Corporation 54 CompoSecure, LLC 55 General Motors LLC 55

Communications's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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.

View data table

Communications Test Design, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	3.4%
2019	1	3.4%
2020	1	3.4%
2021	1	3.4%
2022	8	27.6%
2023	2	6.9%
2024	5	17.2%
2025partial year	10	34.5%

Which technologies does Communications Test Design, Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

H04M - Telephonic Communication 7

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Communications Test Design, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Communications Test Design, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 27.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #10,582 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Communications Test Design, Inc. against Carma Technology Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.5/100 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

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.