Where does Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. ranks #3,656 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 Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. hold?

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. holds 100 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 55.8 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.'s patents average 19.6 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 Technologies Canada 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 Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. focus on?

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 38 patents. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 100 granted patents across 44 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Huawei ranks #3,656 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 100 patents across 44 technology areas.

#3,656
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.8/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3656 · Foreign Corporation #3,656 · 100 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 100 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,656/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chargepoint
CPC-WIDE H04L · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chargepoint, 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
Grote Industries · near

56
Huawei Canada · this assignee

56
Kwangwoon University… · near

56
National SUN… · near

56
University Court of… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Huawei's Innovation Score is 55.8/100 (top 7% 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 Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 38% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (15 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Huawei sits between Chargepoint, Inc. and Leap Motion, Inc..

Huawei's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. moved from 38 to 26 grants (0.68x 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 #2,201. See the growth leaderboard.

Chargepoint

100
FCA Italy S p A

100
Forescout

100
GE Healthcare

100
Kingston Digital

100
Laboratory OF Ame…

100
Litens Automotive…

100
Leap Motion

100
Huawei Canada ◀

100

What this shows Huawei holds 100 patents at rank #3,656, 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 #3,656 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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 (56 here).

University Court of the University of St Andrews 56 Grote Industries, Inc. 56 Kwangwoon University Industry-academic Collaboration Foundation 56 National SUN Yat-sen University 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. 19.6 avg Knowles Electronics, LLC 19.6 avg Strong Force TP Portfolio 2022, LLC 19.6 avg Dropbox, Inc. 19.6 avg

Huawei's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	2.0%
2017	10	10.0%
2018	15	15.0%
2019	15	15.0%
2020	12	12.0%
2021	11	11.0%
2022	8	8.0%
2023	6	6.0%
2024	12	12.0%
2025partial year	9	9.0%

Which technologies does Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 38

H04B - Transmission 34

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 23

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 9

H04J - Multiplex Communication 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 8

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 7

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 7

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 6

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 3

H04Q - Selecting 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 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 2

Top 15 of 44 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,656

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.8 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 Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 38% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #3,656 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. against Chargepoint, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.8/100 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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