Where does Dish Network Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dish Network Corporation ranks #18,540 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 Dish Network Corporation hold?

Dish Network Corporation holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Dish Network Corporation's Innovation Score?

Dish Network Corporation has an Innovation Score of 32.8 out of 100 (42nd 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 Dish Network Corporation focus on?

Dish Network Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 6 patents, ranking #3,547 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dish Network Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dish Network Corporation'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 Dish Network Corporation's patents?

Dish Network Corporation's patents average 19.2 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 Dish Network Corporation 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

Dish Network Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Dish ranks #18,540 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 11 technology areas.

#18,540
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.8/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18540 · US Corporation #18,540 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,540/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dexcel Pharma
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dexcel Pharma Technologies 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 Dish’s 32.8 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 9.6 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dish Network · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dish's Innovation Score is 32.8/100 (42nd 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 Dish?

Each dot is one of Dish’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). Dish’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dish's grants concentrate

Dish Network Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Dish sits between Dexcel Pharma Technologies Ltd. and Doselogix, LLC.

Dexcel Pharma

15
Dialpad

15
DIC (Tokyo)

15
Dipharma Francis…

15
DL Chemical

15
DNA Script

15
Dongguan Yulong T…

15
Doselogix

15
Dish Network ◀

15

What this shows Dish holds 15 patents at rank #18,531, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dish

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,531 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Dish's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Dish Network Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	26.7%
2016	3	20.0%
2017	2	13.3%
2018	2	13.3%
2019	4	26.7%

Which technologies does Dish Network Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

H04B - Transmission 6

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

H04J - Multiplex Communication 4

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 4

H04H - Broadcast Communication 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Dish Network Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dish Network Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #18,540 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dish Network Corporation against Dexcel Pharma Technologies Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.8/100 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.