Where does EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. ranks #863 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 EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. hold?

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. holds 525 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 61 technology areas.

What is EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.'s Innovation Score?

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. has an Innovation Score of 57.1 out of 100 (top 5% 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 L.L.C. focus on?

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 405 patents, ranking #71 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 61 CPC subclasses total.

Is EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.'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 L.L.C.'s patents?

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.'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.

How is the EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. 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

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 525 granted patents across 61 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Echostar ranks #863 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 525 patents across 61 technology areas.

#863
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.1/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R863 · US Corporation #863 · 525 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 525 grants
TOP-DECILE #863/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arthrex
CPC-WIDE H04N · 61 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Arthrex, Inc. (±1 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 57.1 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 21.6 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
EchoStar L L C · this assignee

57
Marelli Europe S P A · near

57
Sensirion · near

57
Teijin · near

57
University of Manitoba · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Echostar's Innovation Score is 57.1/100 (top 5% 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 15.8 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.

How Echostar's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. received 1 grants versus 524 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 182 grants and bottomed in 2020 at 1. Lead class H04N accounts for 77.1% of the portfolio across 61 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Arthrex, Inc. (#859) and China Academy OF Telecommunications Technology (#867).

Arthrex

526
Johnson Matthey P…

526
Lyft

526
Xiaomi

526
Echostar L L C ◀

525
Transportation IP…

524
ELI Lilly AND

523
United States of…

523
China Academy OF…

520

What this shows EchoStar holds 525 patents at rank #863, 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 #863 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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 H04N (Pictorial Communication), EchoStar ranks #71 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Teijin Limited 57 University of Manitoba 57 Sensirion AG 57 Marelli Europe S.P.A. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.4 here).

Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. 17.4 avg Bundesdruckerei GMBH 17.4 avg Evalve, Inc. 17.4 avg Trumpf Laser- UND Systemtechnik GMBH 17.4 avg

Echostar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	117	22.3%
2016	148	28.2%
2017	182	34.7%
2018	71	13.5%
2019	6	1.1%
2020	1	0.2%

Which technologies does EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 405

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 89

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 81

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 44

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 36

H04H - Broadcast Communication 34

H04B - Transmission 21

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 19

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 18

H04M - Telephonic Communication 14

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 13

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 13

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 12

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 10

Top 15 of 61 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 L.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 77.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #863 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. against Arthrex, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.1/100 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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