Where does Cortina Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cortina Systems, Inc. ranks #20,965 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 Cortina Systems, Inc. hold?

Cortina Systems, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Cortina Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cortina Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th 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 Cortina Systems, Inc. focus on?

Cortina Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 12 patents, ranking #2,078 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cortina Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cortina Systems, Inc.'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 Cortina Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Cortina Systems, Inc.'s patents average 25.4 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 Cortina Systems, 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

Cortina Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 7 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cortina ranks #20,965 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 7 technology areas.

#20,965
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 25.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20965 · US Corporation #20,965 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,965/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Composites Intellect…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Composites Intellectual Holdings, 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 Cortina’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 9.1 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cortina Systems · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cortina's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th 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 Cortina?

Each dot is one of Cortina’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). Cortina’s own 25.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cortina's grants concentrate

Cortina Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 92.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Cortina sits between Composites Intellectual Holdings, Inc. and Crrc Yangtze Group Co., Ltd..

Composites Intell…

13
Continental Power…

13
Coolstar Technolo…

13
Corkcicle

13
Cosmo Artificial…

13
CP Manufacturing

13
Creatz

13
Crrc Yangtze Group

13
Cortina Systems ◀

13

What this shows Cortina holds 13 patents at rank #20,919, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cortina

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,919 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Cortina's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 45th percentile higher than 45% 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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Cortina Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	30.8%
2016	8	61.5%
2017	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Cortina Systems, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 12

H04J - Multiplex Communication 5

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 5

H04B - Transmission 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Cortina Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cortina Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 92.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #20,965 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cortina Systems, Inc. against Composites Intellectual Holdings, Inc., 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.