Where does Contec, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Contec, LLC ranks #5,830 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 Contec, LLC hold?

Contec, LLC holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Contec, LLC's Innovation Score?

Contec, LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.0 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Contec, LLC focus on?

Contec, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 23 patents, ranking #1,229 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Contec, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Contec, LLC's recent grant velocity is -19% 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 Contec, LLC's patents?

Contec, LLC's patents average 13.0 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 Contec, 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

Contec, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Contec ranks #5,830 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 24 technology areas.

#5,830
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.0/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: -19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5830 · US Corporation #5,830 · 58 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,830/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carlisle Fluid
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carlisle Fluid 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 Contec’s 41.0 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 14.1 pts (34%) Velocity 1.8 pts (4%) Breadth 17.3 pts (42%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Contec · this assignee

41
H E F · near

41
Lamplight Farms… · near

41
Meiji Seika Pharma · near

41
RAB Lighting · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Contec's Innovation Score is 41.0/100 (top 34% 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 Contec?

Each dot is one of Contec’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). Contec’s own 13.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Contec's grants concentrate

Contec, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 39.7% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Contec sits between Carlisle Fluid Technologies, LLC and Em-tech Co., Ltd.

Contec's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Contec, LLC moved from 30 to 8 grants (0.27x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Carlisle Fluid

58
Carlson Pet Produ…

58
Compagnie Gervais…

58
Conagen

58
Dfine

58
Dongbu Hitek

58
Duquesne Universi…

58
Em-tech

58
Contec ◀

58

What this shows Contec holds 58 patents at rank #5,830, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Contec

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,830 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Contec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Contec ranks #1,229 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. 41 RAB Lighting Inc. 41 Lamplight Farms Incorporated 41 H.E.F. 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.0 here).

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. 13.0 avg E Ink California, LLC 13.0 avg United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force 13.0 avg Ceva Sante Animale 13.0 avg

Contec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Contec, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.7%
2016	3	5.2%
2017	5	8.6%
2018	11	19.0%
2019	12	20.7%
2020	8	13.8%
2021	10	17.2%
2022	3	5.2%
2023	3	5.2%
2024	2	3.4%

Which technologies does Contec, LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 23

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 11

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 7

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 6

H04B - Transmission 6

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 2

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 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A46B - Brushes 2

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 2

Top 15 of 24 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

Contec, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Contec, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 39.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #5,830 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Contec, LLC against Carlisle Fluid Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.0/100 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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