Where does Ikanos Communications, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ikanos Communications, Inc. ranks #8,408 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 Ikanos Communications, Inc. hold?

Ikanos Communications, Inc. holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Ikanos Communications, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ikanos Communications, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.5 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ikanos Communications, Inc. focus on?

Ikanos Communications, Inc.'s top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 24 patents, ranking #392 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Ikanos Communications, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -97% 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 Ikanos Communications, Inc.'s patents?

Ikanos Communications, Inc.'s patents average 19.5 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 Ikanos Communications, 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

Ikanos Communications, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ikanos ranks #8,408 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 10 technology areas.

#8,408
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.5/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -97%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8408 · US Corporation #8,408 · 38 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,408/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Idenix Pharmaceuticals
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -97% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC (±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 Ikanos’s 35.5 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 12.7 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cggveritas Services · near

36
Chong KUN Dang… · near

36
Ikanos Communications · this assignee

36
Silver Peak Systems · near

36
Toyo Jidoki · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ikanos's Innovation Score is 35.5/100 (top 49% 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 Ikanos?

Each dot is one of Ikanos’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). Ikanos’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ikanos's grants concentrate

Ikanos Communications, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 63.2% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Ikanos sits between Innowireless Co., Ltd. and Jamco Corporation.

Innowireless

38
Ipla Holdings

38
Iridex

38
Idenix Pharmaceut…

38
Intelmate

38
Intermetro Indust…

38
Invoy Holdings

38
Jamco

38
Ikanos Communicat… ◀

38

What this shows Ikanos holds 38 patents at rank #8,412, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ikanos

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,412 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ikanos, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04B (Transmission), Ikanos ranks #392 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd. 36 Chong KUN Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. 36 Silver Peak Systems, Inc. 36 Cggveritas Services S.A. 36

Ikanos's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Ikanos Communications, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	42.1%
2016	14	36.8%
2017	5	13.2%
2018	2	5.3%
2020	1	2.6%

Which technologies does Ikanos Communications, Inc. patent most?

H04B - Transmission 24

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 22

H04M - Telephonic Communication 17

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

G11C - Static Stores 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Ikanos Communications, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 63.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #8,408 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ikanos Communications, Inc. against Innowireless Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.5/100 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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