Where does Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. ranks #2,822 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 Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. hold?

Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. holds 136 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 48.9 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. focus on?

Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 61 patents. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.'s patents average 15.9 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 Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. 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

Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 136 granted patents across 40 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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, Huawei ranks #2,822 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 136 patents across 40 technology areas.

#2,822
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.9/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2822 · Foreign Corporation #2,822 · 136 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 136 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,822/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chung Yuan Christian…
CPC-WIDE H04W · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chung Yuan Christian University (±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
Array BioPharma · near

49
Astellas Pharma · near

49
Huawei Device… · this assignee

49
LifeCell · near

49
Vorbeck Materials · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Huawei's Innovation Score is 48.9/100 (top 16% 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 Huawei's grants concentrate

Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 44.9% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (101 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Huawei sits between Chung Yuan Christian University and Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd..

Chung Yuan Christ…

136
Dayco IP Holdings

136
Hongfujin Precisi…

136
Haworth

136
Industry Academy…

136
Jungheinrich

136
Nihon Micronics

136
Makino Milling Ma…

136
Huawei Device (Do… ◀

136

What this shows Huawei holds 136 patents at rank #2,822, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Huawei

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,822 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

LifeCell Corporation 49 Astellas Pharma Inc. 49 Vorbeck Materials Corp. 49 Array BioPharma, Inc. 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).

DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH 15.9 avg Axalta Coating Systems IP Co., LLC 15.9 avg Apollo Intelligent Connectivity (BEIJING) Technology Co., Ltd. 15.9 avg Magna International Inc. 15.9 avg

Huawei's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	13	9.6%
2018	101	74.3%
2019	21	15.4%
2020	1	0.7%

Which technologies does Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 61

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 46

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 40

H04M - Telephonic Communication 16

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 15

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 14

H04B - Transmission 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 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

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 3

Top 15 of 40 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,822

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.9 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

Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 44.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #2,822 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. against Chung Yuan Christian University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.9/100 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

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