Where does Imagine Communications Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Imagine Communications Corp. ranks #5,520 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 Imagine Communications Corp. hold?

Imagine Communications Corp. holds 62 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Imagine Communications Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Imagine Communications Corp. has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Imagine Communications Corp. focus on?

Imagine Communications Corp.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 33 patents, ranking #528 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Imagine Communications Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Imagine Communications Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -76% 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 Imagine Communications Corp.'s patents?

Imagine Communications Corp.'s patents average 20.7 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 Imagine Communications Corp. 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

Imagine Communications Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 62 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Imagine ranks #5,520 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 62 patents across 14 technology areas.

#5,520
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: -76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5520 · US Corporation #5,520 · 62 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 62 grants
UPPER-Q #5,520/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hydril USA Distribut…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hydril USA Distribution 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 Imagine’s 41.7 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 14.3 pts (34%) Velocity 1.8 pts (4%) Breadth 13.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Astrium SAS · near

42
Fortiss · near

42
Imagine Communications · this assignee

42
National University… · near

42
Nikon Metrology · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Imagine's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 32% 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 Imagine?

Each dot is one of Imagine’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). Imagine’s own 20.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Imagine's grants concentrate

Imagine Communications Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 53.2% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Imagine sits between Hytto PTE. Ltd. and International Aids Vaccine Initiative, Inc..

Imagine's three-year grant acceleration

Imagine Communications Corp. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Hytto PTE

62
Hydril USA Distri…

62
IHC Holland IE B V

62
Invacare

62
Implus Footcare

62
Infinity Pharmace…

62
Innova

62
International Aid…

62
Imagine Communica… ◀

62

What this shows Imagine holds 62 patents at rank #5,519, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Imagine

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,519 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Imagine, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Imagine ranks #528 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

National University of Ireland Maynooth 42 Nikon Metrology NV 42 Astrium SAS 42 Fortiss, LLC 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.7 here).

Ampere Computing LLC 20.7 avg Itron Networked Solutions, Inc. 20.7 avg Infirst Healthcare Limited 20.7 avg Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 20.7 avg

Imagine's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

View data table

Imagine Communications Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	27.4%
2016	14	22.6%
2017	7	11.3%
2018	5	8.1%
2019	7	11.3%
2020	7	11.3%
2021	1	1.6%
2022	2	3.2%
2024	2	3.2%

Which technologies does Imagine Communications Corp. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 33

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 27

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 24

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

H04H - Broadcast Communication 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H03F - Amplifiers 2

H04J - Multiplex Communication 2

H04B - Transmission 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Imagine Communications Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Imagine Communications Corp.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 53.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #5,520 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Imagine Communications Corp. against Hytto PTE. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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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