Where does Hughes Network Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hughes Network Systems, LLC ranks #692 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 Hughes Network Systems, LLC hold?

Hughes Network Systems, LLC holds 652 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is Hughes Network Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Hughes Network Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 62.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hughes Network Systems, LLC focus on?

Hughes Network Systems, LLC's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 447 patents. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hughes Network Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hughes Network Systems, LLC's recent grant velocity is +43% 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 Hughes Network Systems, LLC's patents?

Hughes Network Systems, LLC's patents average 19.0 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 Hughes Network Systems, 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

Hughes Network Systems, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 652 granted patents across 44 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hughes ranks #692 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 652 patents across 44 technology areas.

#692
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.6/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R692 · US Corporation #692 · 652 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 652 grants
TOP-DECILE #692/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Incyte
CPC-WIDE H04B · 44 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Incyte Corporation (±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
Hughes Network Systems · this assignee

63
Osram Opto Semicondu… · near

63
Panasonic Holdings · near

63
Saint-gobain… · near

63
STMicroelectronics… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hughes's Innovation Score is 62.6/100 (top 2% 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 Hughes's grants concentrate

Hughes Network Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 68.6% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (89 grants) versus a trough of 31 in 2016. By volume, Hughes sits between TS Tech Co., Ltd. and BYD Company Limited.

Hughes's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hughes Network Systems, LLC moved from 245 to 196 grants (0.80x 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 #1,845. See the growth leaderboard.

TS Tech

655
Roche Diagnostics…

654
psemi

654
Nederlandse Organ…

653
Incyte

652
University of Sou…

652
Hughes Network Sy… ◀

652
British Telecommu…

651
BYD

651

What this shows Hughes holds 652 patents at rank #692, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hughes

By rank, the assignees closest to #692 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 63 Panasonic Holdings Corporation 63 Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. 63 STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.0 here).

Georgia Tech Research Corporation 19.0 avg Intersil Americas LLC 19.0 avg Medicalip Co., Ltd. 19.0 avg Veeva Systems Inc. 19.0 avg

Hughes's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Hughes Network Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	37	5.7%
2016	31	4.8%
2017	49	7.5%
2018	51	7.8%
2019	83	12.7%
2020	89	13.7%
2021	73	11.2%
2022	59	9.0%
2023	78	12.0%
2024	59	9.0%
2025partial year	43	6.6%

Which technologies does Hughes Network Systems, LLC patent most?

H04B - Transmission 447

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 344

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 287

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 45

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 40

H04J - Multiplex Communication 32

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 27

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 20

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 18

H04H - Broadcast Communication 11

H03F - Amplifiers 10

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 10

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 9

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 9

Top 15 of 44 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#692

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

62.6 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

Hughes Network Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hughes Network Systems, LLC's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 68.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #692 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hughes Network Systems, LLC against TS Tech Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.6/100 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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