Where does Ericsson GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ericsson GMBH ranks #28,698 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 Ericsson GMBH hold?

Ericsson GMBH holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Ericsson GMBH's Innovation Score?

Ericsson GMBH has an Innovation Score of 32.1 out of 100 (40th 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 Ericsson GMBH focus on?

Ericsson GMBH's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 2 patents, ranking #6,173 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ericsson GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ericsson GMBH's recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Ericsson GMBH's patents?

Ericsson GMBH's patents average 10.4 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 Ericsson GMBH 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

Ericsson GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Ericsson ranks #28,698 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 10 technology areas.

#28,698
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.1/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28698 · Foreign Corporation #28,698 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,698/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH EOS Holding
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: EOS Holding GMBH (±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 Ericsson’s 32.1 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 8.0 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 11.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ericsson · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ericsson's Innovation Score is 32.1/100 (40th 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 Ericsson?

Each dot is one of Ericsson’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). Ericsson’s own 10.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ericsson's grants concentrate

Ericsson GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 22.2% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Ericsson sits between EOS Holding GMBH and EST Group, Inc..

Ericsson's three-year grant acceleration

Ericsson GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

EOS Holding

9
EP Minerals

9
Epygon

9
Equator Global

9
Erwin Junker Grin…

9
ES Cell Internati…

9
Essity Operations…

9
EST Group

9
Ericsson ◀

9

What this shows Ericsson holds 9 patents at rank #28,651, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ericsson

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,651 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Ericsson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Ericsson GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	22.2%
2016	4	44.4%
2017	2	22.2%
2022	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Ericsson GMBH patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04B - Transmission 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

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

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

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

Top 10 of 10 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

Ericsson GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ericsson GMBH's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 22.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #28,698 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ericsson GMBH against EOS Holding GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.1/100 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

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