Where does CSC Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CSC Holdings, LLC ranks #1,601 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 CSC Holdings, LLC hold?

CSC Holdings, LLC holds 258 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 48 technology areas.

What is CSC Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

CSC Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 60.9 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

CSC Holdings, LLC's recent grant velocity is +6% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for CSC Holdings, LLC's patents?

CSC Holdings, LLC's patents average 20.8 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 CSC Holdings, 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

CSC Holdings, LLC

Q: What technology areas does CSC Holdings, LLC focus on?

CSC Holdings, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 131 patents. Grants appear in 48 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 258 granted patents across 48 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, CSC ranks #1,601 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 258 patents across 48 technology areas.

#1,601
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.9/100): 20.8
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1601 · US Corporation #1,601 · 258 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 258 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,601/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Box
CPC-WIDE H04L · 48 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Box, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asahi Kasei · near

61
CSC Holdings · this assignee

61
Eagle Industry · near

61
Schneider Electric… · near

61
thyssenkrupp · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows CSC's Innovation Score is 60.9/100 (top 3% 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.

Where CSC's grants concentrate

CSC Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 50.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (39 grants) versus a trough of 13 in 2016. By volume, CSC sits between Thermo Finnigan LLC and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc..

CSC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, CSC Holdings, LLC moved from 92 to 65 grants (0.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,128. See the growth leaderboard.

Thermo Finnigan

259
Unify & KG

259
Workday

259
Box

258
GE Healthcare Bio…

258
H Lundbeck A/S

258
Kantatsu

258
Turner Broadcasti…

258
CSC Holdings ◀

258

What this shows CSC holds 258 patents at rank #1,601, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CSC

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,601 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CSC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. 61 Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha 61 thyssenkrupp AG 61 Schneider Electric Industries SAS 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.8 here).

Elekta Limited 20.8 avg Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company 20.8 avg Corning Cable Systems LLC 20.8 avg Nucor Corporation 20.8 avg

CSC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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CSC Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	6.6%
2016	13	5.0%
2017	28	10.9%
2018	26	10.1%
2019	33	12.8%
2020	39	15.1%
2021	20	7.8%
2022	16	6.2%
2023	21	8.1%
2024	28	10.9%
2025partial year	17	6.6%

Which technologies does CSC Holdings, LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 131

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 103

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 82

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 35

H04H - Broadcast Communication 17

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 14

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 14

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 11

H04B - Transmission 11

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 7

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 7

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 7

H04M - Telephonic Communication 7

Top 15 of 48 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,601

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

60.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

CSC Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 50.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,601 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CSC Holdings, LLC against Thermo Finnigan LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.9/100 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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