Where does Itron, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Itron, Inc. ranks #1,328 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 Itron, Inc. hold?

Itron, Inc. holds 319 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 65 technology areas.

What is Itron, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Itron, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 69.1 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 Itron, Inc. focus on?

Itron, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 136 patents, ranking #293 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 65 CPC subclasses total.

Is Itron, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Itron, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +48% 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 Itron, Inc.'s patents?

Itron, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Itron, 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

Itron, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 319 granted patents across 65 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, Itron ranks #1,328 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 319 patents across 65 technology areas.

#1,328
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.1/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +48%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1328 · US Corporation #1,328 · 319 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 319 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,328/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amkor Technology
CPC-WIDE H04L · 65 areas
INNOV-STRONG 69.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +48% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amkor Technology, Inc. (±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 Itron’s 69.1 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 19.9 pts (29%) Velocity 12.5 pts (18%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Covestro Intellectua… · near

69
Itron · this assignee

69
Smith & Nephew… · near

69
Tongji University · near

69
Intrinsic Innovation · near

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Itron's Innovation Score is 69.1/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Itron?

Each dot is one of Itron’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). Itron’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Itron's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Itron, Inc. received 173 grants versus 117 in 2015–2019 (+48% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 47 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 17. Lead class H04L accounts for 42.6% of the portfolio across 65 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Southeast University (#1,324) and Genzyme Corporation (#1,332).

Itron's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Itron, Inc. moved from 68 to 127 grants (1.87x 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 #252. See the growth leaderboard.

Southeast Univers…

320
Sumco

320
Sandia

320
Amkor Technology

319
Kiekert

319
R J Reynolds Toba…

319
THE Chemours FC

319
Itron ◀

319
Genzyme

317

What this shows Itron holds 319 patents at rank #1,328, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Itron

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,328 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Itron, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Itron ranks #293 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG 69 Tongji University 69 Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG 69 Intrinsic Innovation LLC 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

Netskope, Inc. 19.6 avg Rambus Inc. 19.6 avg Riddell, Inc. 19.6 avg Insight Direct USA, Inc. 19.6 avg

Itron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 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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Itron, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	34	10.7%
2016	24	7.5%
2017	20	6.3%
2018	17	5.3%
2019	22	6.9%
2020	21	6.6%
2021	25	7.8%
2022	35	11.0%
2023	47	14.7%
2024	45	14.1%
2025partial year	29	9.1%

Which technologies does Itron, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 136

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 124

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 67

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 67

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 52

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 52

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 42

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 40

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 40

H04Q - Selecting 36

H04B - Transmission 27

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 22

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 17

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

Top 15 of 65 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

Itron, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Itron, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 42.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,328 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Itron, Inc. against Southeast University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 69.1/100 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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