Where does Comtech EF Data Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Comtech EF Data Corp. ranks #17,571 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 Comtech EF Data Corp. hold?

Comtech EF Data Corp. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Comtech EF Data Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Comtech EF Data Corp. has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (44th 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 Comtech EF Data Corp. focus on?

Comtech EF Data Corp.'s top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 13 patents, ranking #655 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Comtech EF Data Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Comtech EF Data Corp.'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 Comtech EF Data Corp.'s patents?

Comtech EF Data Corp.'s patents average 28.6 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 Comtech EF Data Corp. 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

Comtech EF Data Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 6 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Comtech ranks #17,571 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 6 technology areas.

#17,571
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 28.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17571 · US Corporation #17,571 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,571/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ClearTrac
CPC-NARROW H04B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ClearTrac Technologies, LLC (±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 Comtech’s 33.5 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 9.8 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Comtech EF Data · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Comtech's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (44th 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 Comtech?

Each dot is one of Comtech’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). Comtech’s own 28.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Comtech's grants concentrate

Comtech EF Data Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Comtech sits between ClearTrac Technologies, LLC and Creative Law Enforcement Resources, Inc..

Cleartrac

16
Cloud Light Techn…

16
Columbia Machine

16
Compass Pathfinder

16
Copeland Climate…

16
Crank Brothers

16
Crary Industries

16
Creative Law Enfo…

16
Comtech EF Data ◀

16

What this shows Comtech holds 16 patents at rank #17,578, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Comtech

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,578 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Comtech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% 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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Comtech EF Data Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	81.3%
2016	1	6.3%
2017	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Comtech EF Data Corp. patent most?

H04B - Transmission 13

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Comtech EF Data Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Comtech EF Data Corp.'s lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #17,571 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Comtech EF Data Corp. against ClearTrac Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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.