Where does InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. ranks #189 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 InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. hold?

InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. holds 2,111 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 77 technology areas.

What is InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 71.3 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. focus on?

InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 1,622 patents. Grants appear in 77 CPC subclasses total.

Is InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +17% 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 InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 InterDigital Patent Holdings, 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

InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,111 granted patents across 77 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Interdigital ranks #189 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,111 patents across 77 technology areas.

#189
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.3/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R189 · US Corporation #189 · 2,111 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 2.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #189/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Walmart Apollo
CPC-WIDE H04W · 77 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Walmart Apollo, LLC (±1 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
Baidu USA · near

71
Beijing Voyager… · near

71
Jpmorgan Chase Bank… · near

71
InterDigital Patent… · this assignee

71
SK On · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Interdigital's Innovation Score is 71.3/100 (top 1% 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.

How Interdigital's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. received 931 grants versus 796 in 2015–2019 (+17% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 327 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 109. Lead class H04W accounts for 76.8% of the portfolio across 77 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Shimadzu Corporation (#185) and Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (#193).

Interdigital's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. moved from 466 to 656 grants (1.41x 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 #512. See the growth leaderboard.

Shimadzu

2,128
Dolby Laboratorie…

2,118
Intuitive Surgica…

2,117
Walmart Apollo

2,112
Interdigital Pate… ◀

2,111
Milwaukee Electri…

2,095
Rovi Guides

2,091
Innolux

2,082
Fujifilm Business…

2,077

What this shows InterDigital holds 2,111 patents at rank #189, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near InterDigital

By rank, the assignees closest to #189 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).

SK On Co., Ltd. 71 Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 71 Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd. 71 Baidu USA LLC 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.5 here).

Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation 17.5 avg Dürr Systems AG 17.5 avg SOCIÉTÉ BIC 17.5 avg Draka Comteq B.V. 17.5 avg

Interdigital's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

71 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	111	5.3%
2016	151	7.2%
2017	186	8.8%
2018	157	7.4%
2019	191	9.0%
2020	156	7.4%
2021	119	5.6%
2022	109	5.2%
2023	220	10.4%
2024	327	15.5%
2025partial year	384	18.2%

Which technologies does InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1,622

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1,103

H04B - Transmission 427

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 200

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 200

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 120

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 110

H04J - Multiplex Communication 63

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 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

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 25

H04M - Telephonic Communication 21

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

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 16

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 12

Top 15 of 77 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#189

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

71.3 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

InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 76.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #189 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. against Shimadzu Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.