Where does Echostar Technologies International Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Echostar Technologies International Corporation ranks #8,017 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Echostar Technologies International Corporation's Innovation Score?

Echostar Technologies International Corporation has an Innovation Score of 46.8 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Echostar Technologies International Corporation focus on?

Echostar Technologies International Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 21 patents, ranking #1,302 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

Is Echostar Technologies International Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Echostar Technologies International 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 Echostar Technologies International Corporation's patents?

Echostar Technologies International Corporation's patents average 17.4 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Echostar Technologies International Corporation

Q: How many patents does Echostar Technologies International Corporation hold?

Echostar Technologies International Corporation holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 44 technology areas.

Q: How is the Echostar Technologies International 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 PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 44 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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, Echostar ranks #8,017 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 44 technology areas.

#8,017
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.8/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8017 · US Corporation #8,017 · 40 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,017/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Defond Electech
CPC-WIDE H04L · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Defond Electech Co., 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 Echostar’s 46.8 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 12.8 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 23.5 pts (50%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
China University OF… · near

47
Echostar International · this assignee

47
FireFly Automatix · near

47
Multimatic · near

47
Tundra Composites · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Echostar's Innovation Score is 46.8/100 (top 20% 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 Echostar?

Each dot is one of Echostar’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). Echostar’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Echostar's grants concentrate

Echostar Technologies International Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 52.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (28 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2017. By volume, Echostar sits between Defond Electech Co., Ltd. and Eagle View Technologies, Inc..

Defond Electech

40
Dialogic

40
Dongguan Shichang…

40
E &J Gallo Winery

40
Elucid Bioimaging

40
Endoevolution

40
ERP Power

40
Eagle View

40
Echostar Internat… ◀

40

What this shows Echostar holds 40 patents at rank #8,015, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Echostar

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,015 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Echostar, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Echostar ranks #1,302 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

China University OF Geosciences (BEIJING) 47 Multimatic Inc. 47 Tundra Composites, LLC 47 FireFly Automatix, Inc. 47

Echostar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Echostar Technologies International Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	6	15.0%
2018	28	70.0%
2019	6	15.0%

Which technologies does Echostar Technologies International Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 21

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 16

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 15

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 8

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 8

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 6

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

H04B - Transmission 3

Top 15 of 44 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

Echostar Technologies International Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Echostar Technologies International Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 52.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #8,017 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Echostar Technologies International Corporation against Defond Electech Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.8/100 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

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