Where does Global Tel*Link Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Global Tel*Link Corporation ranks #1,349 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 Global Tel*Link Corporation hold?

Global Tel*Link Corporation holds 312 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is Global Tel*Link Corporation's Innovation Score?

Global Tel*Link Corporation has an Innovation Score of 60.6 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Global Tel*Link Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Global Tel*Link Corporation's recent grant velocity is +61% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Global Tel*Link Corporation's patents?

Global Tel*Link Corporation's patents average 19.7 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 Global Tel*Link Corporation 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

Global Tel*Link Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Global Tel*Link Corporation focus on?

Global Tel*Link Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 192 patents. Grants appear in 39 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 312 granted patents across 39 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Global ranks #1,349 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 312 patents across 39 technology areas.

#1,349
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.6/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: +61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1349 · US Corporation #1,349 · 312 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 312 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,349/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Motional AD
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 39 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Motional AD LLC (±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
William Marsh Rice… · near

61
GAF Energy · near

61
Global Tel*Link · this assignee

61
Max · near

61
Teknologian… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Global's Innovation Score is 60.6/100 (top 3% 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 Global's grants concentrate

Global Tel*Link Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 39 CPC subclasses with 61.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (43 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Global sits between Celgene Corporation and CGG Services SAS.

Global's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Global Tel*Link Corporation moved from 103 to 106 grants (1.03x 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 #1,104. See the growth leaderboard.

Celgene

313
Hisense USA

313
Hong Kong Applied…

313
Sumitomo Osaka Ce…

313
Motional AD

312
Global Tel*Link ◀

312
Mitsubishi Heavy…

311
Marvell Israel (M…

311
CGG Services SAS

310

What this shows Global holds 312 patents at rank #1,349, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Global

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,349 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Max Co., Ltd. 61 GAF Energy LLC 61 William Marsh Rice University 61 Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).

nLIGHT, Inc. 19.7 avg PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. 19.7 avg Intuit Inc. 19.7 avg Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 19.7 avg

Global's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Global Tel*Link Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	1.0%
2016	5	1.6%
2017	28	9.0%
2018	42	13.5%
2019	32	10.3%
2020	43	13.8%
2021	28	9.0%
2022	37	11.9%
2023	43	13.8%
2024	26	8.3%
2025partial year	25	8.0%

Which technologies does Global Tel*Link Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 192

H04M - Telephonic Communication 151

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 121

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 99

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 75

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 51

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 48

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 36

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 26

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 18

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 16

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 10

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 9

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 9

Top 15 of 39 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,349

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

60.6 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

Global Tel*Link Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Global Tel*Link Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 61.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,349 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Global Tel*Link Corporation against Celgene Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.6/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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