Where does Iridium Satellite LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Iridium Satellite LLC ranks #7,719 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 Iridium Satellite LLC hold?

Iridium Satellite LLC holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Iridium Satellite LLC's Innovation Score?

Iridium Satellite LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.6 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Iridium Satellite LLC focus on?

Iridium Satellite LLC's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 35 patents, ranking #481 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Iridium Satellite LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Iridium Satellite LLC's recent grant velocity is -42% 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 Iridium Satellite LLC's patents?

Iridium Satellite LLC's patents average 19.9 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 Iridium Satellite LLC 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

Iridium Satellite LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Iridium ranks #7,719 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 6 technology areas.

#7,719
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.6/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent: -42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7719 · US Corporation #7,719 · 42 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,719/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Huawei Duesseldorf
CPC-NARROW H04W · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH (±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 Iridium’s 38.6 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 13.0 pts (34%) Velocity 5.0 pts (13%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bio-Pharm Solutions · near

39
Canon Finetech · near

39
Institute for… · near

39
Iridium Satellite · this assignee

39
Swedish Orphan… · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Iridium's Innovation Score is 38.6/100 (top 40% 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 Iridium?

Each dot is one of Iridium’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). Iridium’s own 19.9 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.

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

Where Iridium's grants concentrate

Iridium Satellite LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Iridium sits between Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH and International Electronic Machines Corp..

Iridium's three-year grant acceleration

Iridium Satellite LLC shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Huawei Duesseldorf

42
Impact Selector I…

42
Inpex

42
Ipsen Pharma S

42
Incase Designs

42
Inotera Memories

42
Institute of Rock…

42
International Mac…

42
Iridium Satellite ◀

42

What this shows Iridium holds 42 patents at rank #7,715, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Iridium

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,715 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Iridium, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Iridium ranks #481 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd. 39 Canon Finetech Inc. 39 Bio-Pharm Solutions Co., Ltd. 39 Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AG 39

Iridium's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Iridium Satellite LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	6	14.3%
2017	7	16.7%
2018	7	16.7%
2019	6	14.3%
2020	4	9.5%
2021	2	4.8%
2022	4	9.5%
2023	1	2.4%
2024	4	9.5%
2025partial year	1	2.4%

Which technologies does Iridium Satellite LLC patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 35

H04B - Transmission 33

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 10

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

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 2

Top 6 of 6 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

Iridium Satellite LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Iridium Satellite LLC's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #7,719 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Iridium Satellite LLC against Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.6/100 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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