Where does EchoStar UK Holdings Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), EchoStar UK Holdings Limited ranks #5,834 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 UK Holdings Limited hold?

EchoStar UK Holdings Limited holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is EchoStar UK Holdings Limited's Innovation Score?

EchoStar UK Holdings Limited has an Innovation Score of 46.2 out of 100 (top 21% 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 UK Holdings Limited focus on?

EchoStar UK Holdings Limited's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 42 patents, ranking #431 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is EchoStar UK Holdings Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

EchoStar UK Holdings Limited'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 UK Holdings Limited's patents?

EchoStar UK Holdings Limited's patents average 17.6 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 UK Holdings Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

EchoStar UK Holdings Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 37 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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 #5,834 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 37 technology areas.

#5,834
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.2/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5834 · Foreign Corporation #5,834 · 58 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,834/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DFine
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DFine, 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 Echostar’s 46.2 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 14.1 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 21.5 pts (47%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cardiac Assist… · near

46
EchoStar UK Holdings · this assignee

46
Flagship Brands · near

46
Gamechange Solar · near

46
Pyrotek · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Echostar's Innovation Score is 46.2/100 (top 21% 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 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 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 UK Holdings Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 72.4% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (26 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Echostar sits between DFine, Inc. and GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC.

Dfine

58
Dongbu Hitek

58
Duquesne Universi…

58
Em-tech

58
Engineered Contro…

58
Fuerst Group

58
Flashbay Hong Kong

58
GE Medical System…

58
Echostar UK Holdi… ◀

58

What this shows EchoStar holds 58 patents at rank #5,835, 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 #5,835 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 #431 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Pyrotek, Inc. 46 Cardiac Assist Holdings, LLC 46 Flagship Brands, LLC 46 Gamechange Solar Corp. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Genia Technologies, Inc. 17.6 avg THE Timken Company 17.6 avg Bambino Prezioso Switzerland 17.6 avg Avnera Corporation 17.6 avg

Echostar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

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 UK Holdings Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	22.4%
2016	26	44.8%
2017	18	31.0%
2018	1	1.7%

Which technologies does EchoStar UK Holdings Limited patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 42

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 21

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 8

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 5

H03G - Control OF Amplification 4

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 3

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 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 2

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 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Top 15 of 37 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 UK Holdings Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

EchoStar UK Holdings Limited's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 72.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #5,834 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare EchoStar UK Holdings Limited against DFine, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.2/100 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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