Where does GreatCall, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GreatCall, Inc. ranks #12,459 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 GreatCall, Inc. hold?

GreatCall, Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is GreatCall, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

GreatCall, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd 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 GreatCall, Inc. focus on?

GreatCall, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 19 patents, ranking #811 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is GreatCall, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GreatCall, Inc.'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 GreatCall, Inc.'s patents?

GreatCall, Inc.'s patents average 16.8 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 GreatCall, Inc. 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

GreatCall, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Greatcall ranks #12,459 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 11 technology areas.

#12,459
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12459 · US Corporation #12,459 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,459/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gardner Denver…
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gardner Denver Deutschland, 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 Greatcall’s 32.9 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 11.1 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GreatCall · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Greatcall's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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 Greatcall?

Each dot is one of Greatcall’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). Greatcall’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Greatcall's grants concentrate

GreatCall, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 79.2% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Greatcall sits between Griffith University and Guzik Technical Enterprises.

Griffith Universi…

24
Gardner Denver De…

24
Global Allies

24
Graphtec

24
Gridpoint

24
Guangzhou On-brig…

24
Gustav Magenwirth…

24
Guzik Technical E…

24
Greatcall ◀

24

What this shows GreatCall holds 24 patents at rank #12,461, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GreatCall

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,461 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Greatcall's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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GreatCall, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	20.8%
2016	8	33.3%
2017	5	20.8%
2018	2	8.3%
2019	4	16.7%

Which technologies does GreatCall, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 19

H04M - Telephonic Communication 19

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

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

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

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 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

H04Q - Selecting 1

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 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

GreatCall, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GreatCall, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 79.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #12,459 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GreatCall, Inc. against Griffith University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.