Where does France Telecom rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), France Telecom ranks #3,916 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 France Telecom hold?

France Telecom holds 92 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is France Telecom's Innovation Score?

France Telecom has an Innovation Score of 40.6 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is France Telecom's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

France Telecom'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 France Telecom's patents?

France Telecom's patents average 12.1 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 France Telecom 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

France Telecom

Q: What technology areas does France Telecom focus on?

France Telecom's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 36 patents. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 92 granted patents across 25 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, France ranks #3,916 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 92 patents across 25 technology areas.

#3,916
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.6/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3916 · Foreign Corporation #3,916 · 92 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 92 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,916/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DoorDash
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DoorDash, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cardiovascular Systems · near

41
France Telecom · this assignee

41
Orthofix S R L · near

41
Pixart Imaging… · near

41
Takata · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows France's Innovation Score is 40.6/100 (top 35% 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.

Where France's grants concentrate

France Telecom is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 39.1% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (51 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, France sits between DoorDash, Inc. and Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd..

Doordash

92
Elsner Pac Jungpf…

92
Essenlix

92
Flsmidth A/S

92
Fujitsu Frontech

92
Hamm

92
Hill Phoenix

92
Hubei Yangtze Ind…

92
France Telecom ◀

92

What this shows France holds 92 patents at rank #3,916, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near France

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,916 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for France, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Takata Corporation 41 Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. 41 Orthofix S.R.L. 41 Pixart Imaging (PENANG) SDN. BHD. 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.1 here).

Emitec Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH 12.1 avg Siltronic AG 12.1 avg Lanto Electronic Limited 12.1 avg Alpine Electronics, Inc. 12.1 avg

France's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% 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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France Telecom patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	51	55.4%
2016	29	31.5%
2017	11	12.0%
2018	1	1.1%

Which technologies does France Telecom patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 36

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 24

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

H04B - Transmission 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 12

H04M - Telephonic Communication 9

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 7

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 4

H04J - Multiplex Communication 3

H04Q - Selecting 3

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

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

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 25 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,916

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

40.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

France Telecom's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

France Telecom's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 39.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #3,916 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare France Telecom against DoorDash, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.6/100 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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