Where does Institut Mines Telecom rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Institut Mines Telecom ranks #4,339 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 Institut Mines Telecom hold?

Institut Mines Telecom holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Institut Mines Telecom's Innovation Score?

Institut Mines Telecom has an Innovation Score of 53.2 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Institut Mines Telecom's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Institut Mines Telecom's recent grant velocity is +68% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Institut Mines Telecom's patents?

Institut Mines Telecom's patents average 15.0 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 Institut Mines Telecom 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

Institut Mines Telecom

Q: What technology areas does Institut Mines Telecom focus on?

Institut Mines Telecom's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 43 patents. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 35 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, Institut ranks #4,339 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 35 technology areas.

#4,339
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.2/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: +68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4339 · Foreign Corporation #4,339 · 82 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,339/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gudeng Precision…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. (±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
Brewer Science · near

53
BTL Healthcare A S · near

53
Institut Mines Telecom · this assignee

53
Lighting Defense Group · near

53
Shennan Circuits · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Institut's Innovation Score is 53.2/100 (top 9% 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 Institut's grants concentrate

Institut Mines Telecom is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 52.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Institut sits between Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. and Lufthansa Technik AG.

Institut's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Institut Mines Telecom moved from 29 to 35 grants (1.21x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Gudeng Precision…

82
H J Heinz Brands

82
Holcim Technology

82
Innovex Downhole…

82
Institut National…

82
Institute For Bas…

82
KWS Saat SE & Kgaa

82
Lufthansa Technik

82
Institut Mines Te… ◀

82

What this shows Institut holds 82 patents at rank #4,337, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Institut

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,337 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

BTL Healthcare Technologies A.S. 53 Shennan Circuits Co., Ltd. 53 Lighting Defense Group, LLC 53 Brewer Science, Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.0 here).

Nalco Company LLC 15.0 avg Safran Landing Systems UK Ltd. 15.0 avg Staubli Faverges 15.0 avg Axis Lighting Inc. 15.0 avg

Institut's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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Institut Mines Telecom patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.7%
2016	1	1.2%
2017	2	2.4%
2018	5	6.1%
2019	17	20.7%
2020	10	12.2%
2021	2	2.4%
2022	14	17.1%
2023	8	9.8%
2024	13	15.9%
2025partial year	7	8.5%

Which technologies does Institut Mines Telecom patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 43

H04B - Transmission 30

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 12

H04J - Multiplex Communication 12

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 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 3

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 3

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

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

Top 15 of 35 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,339

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.2 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

Institut Mines Telecom's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Institut Mines Telecom's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 52.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #4,339 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Institut Mines Telecom against Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.2/100 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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