Where does Genband US LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Genband US LLC ranks #3,494 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 Genband US LLC hold?

Genband US LLC holds 105 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Genband US LLC's Innovation Score?

Genband US LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.4 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Genband US LLC focus on?

Genband US LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 87 patents, ranking #435 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Genband US LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Genband US LLC's recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Genband US LLC's patents?

Genband US LLC's patents average 20.1 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 Genband US LLC 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

Genband US LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 105 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Genband ranks #3,494 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 105 patents across 11 technology areas.

#3,494
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3494 · US Corporation #3,494 · 105 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 105 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,494/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 24M
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 24M Technologies, 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 Genband’s 40.4 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 16.1 pts (40%) Velocity 0.5 pts (1%) Breadth 11.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Endress+Hauser… · near

40
Genband US · this assignee

40
Tellabs Operations · near

40
The USA as represent… · near

40
Sport Maska · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Genband's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 Genband?

Each dot is one of Genband’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). Genband’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Genband's grants concentrate

Genband US LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 82.9% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Genband sits between 24M Technologies, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V..

Genband's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Genband US LLC moved from 27 to 2 grants (0.07x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,205. See the growth leaderboard.

24M

105
Beijing Kingsoft…

105
Dionex

105
Fiskars Brands

105
Great Wall Motor

105
Guangzhou Automob…

105
HCT Group Holdings

105
Hewlett-packard I…

105
Genband US ◀

105

What this shows Genband holds 105 patents at rank #3,494, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Genband

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,494 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Genband, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Genband ranks #435 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Tellabs Operations, Inc. 40 Endress+Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft fuer Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG 40 The USA, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services 40 Sport Maska Inc. 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.1 here).

Andersen Corporation 20.1 avg Boston Dynamics, Inc. 20.1 avg Anduril Industries, Inc. 20.1 avg Callahan Cellular L.L.C. 20.1 avg

Genband's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Genband US LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	20.0%
2016	19	18.1%
2017	19	18.1%
2018	17	16.2%
2019	15	14.3%
2020	11	10.5%
2021	1	1.0%
2023	2	1.9%

Which technologies does Genband US LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 87

H04M - Telephonic Communication 32

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 25

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 24

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 10

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

H04Q - Selecting 2

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 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 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Genband US LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Genband US LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 82.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #3,494 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Genband US LLC against 24M Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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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