Where does iControl Networks, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), iControl Networks, Inc. ranks #1,913 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 iControl Networks, Inc. hold?

iControl Networks, Inc. holds 210 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is iControl Networks, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

iControl Networks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.3 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does iControl Networks, Inc. focus on?

iControl Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 187 patents, ranking #230 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

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

iControl Networks, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +103% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for iControl Networks, Inc.'s patents?

iControl Networks, Inc.'s patents average 33.1 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 iControl Networks, 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

iControl Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 210 granted patents across 23 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, icontrol ranks #1,913 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 210 patents across 23 technology areas.

#1,913
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.3/100): 33.1
avg claims per patent: +103%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1913 · US Corporation #1,913 · 210 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 210 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,913/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Panasonic Avionics
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 33.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +103% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Panasonic Avionics 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.

How icontrol’s 59.3 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 18.5 pts (31%) Velocity 8.8 pts (15%) Breadth 17.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
iControl Networks · this assignee

59
Koito Manufacturing · near

59
Panasonic Automotive… · near

59
Sage Electrochromics · near

59
Koki Holdings · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows icontrol's Innovation Score is 59.3/100 (top 4% 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 icontrol?

Each dot is one of icontrol’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). icontrol’s own 33.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where icontrol's grants concentrate

iControl Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 89% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (42 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2017. By volume, icontrol sits between Panasonic Avionics Corporation and Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc..

icontrol's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, iControl Networks, Inc. moved from 68 to 90 grants (1.32x 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 #614. See the growth leaderboard.

Panasonic Avionics

210
Sato

210
Solvay Specialty…

210
THE Clorox

210
icontrol Networks ◀

210
China University…

209
Institute of Geol…

209
Lego A/S

209
Nabors Drilling U…

209

What this shows iControl holds 210 patents at rank #1,921, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near iControl

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,921 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for iControl, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), iControl ranks #230 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America 59 Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 59 Sage Electrochromics, Inc. 59 Koki Holdings Co., Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (33.1 here).

ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited 33.1 avg Lantech.com, LLC 32.7 avg Elwha LLC 32.6 avg THE Invention Science Fund I, LLC 33.6 avg

icontrol's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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iControl Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	5.2%
2016	9	4.3%
2017	4	1.9%
2018	18	8.6%
2019	24	11.4%
2020	21	10.0%
2021	23	11.0%
2022	31	14.8%
2023	42	20.0%
2024	17	8.1%
2025partial year	10	4.8%

Which technologies does iControl Networks, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 187

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 118

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 105

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 93

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 49

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 28

H04M - Telephonic Communication 26

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 15

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 11

H04B - Transmission 6

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 5

H04Q - Selecting 5

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 5

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

iControl Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 89% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,913 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare iControl Networks, Inc. against Panasonic Avionics Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.3/100 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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