Where does Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc. ranks #1,024 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 VC Holdings, Inc. hold?

Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc. holds 427 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 60.3 out of 100 (top 3% 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 VC Holdings, Inc. focus on?

Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 388 patents, ranking #73 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +837% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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 VC 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 VC Holdings, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 427 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Interdigital ranks #1,024 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 427 patents across 24 technology areas.

#1,024
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.3/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +837%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1024 · US Corporation #1,024 · 427 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 427 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,024/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dunlop Sports
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 24 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +837% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dunlop Sports 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.

How Interdigital’s 60.3 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 20.9 pts (35%) Velocity 11.1 pts (18%) Breadth 17.3 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beijing Tusen… · near

60
F C C · near

60
Bausch + Lomb Ireland · near

60
Dalian University… · near

60
Interdigital VC… · this assignee

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Interdigital's Innovation Score is 60.3/100 (top 3% 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 Interdigital?

Each dot is one of Interdigital’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). Interdigital’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Interdigital's grants concentrate

Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (93 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2018. By volume, Interdigital sits between AirWatch LLC and Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd..

Interdigital's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc. moved from 134 to 224 grants (1.67x 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 #326. See the growth leaderboard.

Airwatch

429
Dialog Semiconduc…

429
Wobben Properties

429
Dunlop Sports

427
PGS Geophysical AS

427
University OF Sou…

427
Interdigital VC H… ◀

427
Gracenote

426
Hitachi Chemical

425

What this shows Interdigital holds 427 patents at rank #1,024, 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 #1,024 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Interdigital ranks #73 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Dalian University of Technology 60 Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited 60 Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C. 60 Beijing Tusen Weilal Technology Co., Ltd. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. 18.2 avg Encore Wire Corporation 18.2 avg WIN Semiconductors Corp. 18.2 avg MobiTV, Inc. 18.2 avg

Interdigital's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	5	1.2%
2019	30	7.0%
2020	47	11.0%
2021	57	13.3%
2022	63	14.8%
2023	68	15.9%
2024	93	21.8%
2025partial year	64	15.0%

Which technologies does Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 388

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 116

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 21

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 20

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 7

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 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 3

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

Top 15 of 24 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

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

Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #1,024 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc. against AirWatch LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.3/100 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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