Where does MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. ranks #2,300 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 MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. hold?

MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. holds 170 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is MetaSwitch Networks Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 45.2 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. focus on?

MetaSwitch Networks Ltd.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 146 patents, ranking #272 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is MetaSwitch Networks Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MetaSwitch Networks Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 MetaSwitch Networks Ltd.'s patents?

MetaSwitch Networks Ltd.'s patents average 19.2 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 MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. 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

MetaSwitch Networks Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 170 granted patents across 12 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, Metaswitch ranks #2,300 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 170 patents across 12 technology areas.

#2,300
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.2/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2300 · Foreign Corporation #2,300 · 170 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 170 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,300/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CKD
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CKD Corporation (±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 Metaswitch’s 45.2 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 17.8 pts (39%) Velocity 3.7 pts (8%) Breadth 12.2 pts (27%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Complete Genomics · near

45
MetaSwitch Networks · this assignee

45
NeuroPace · near

45
Pratt Retail… · near

45
Unisantis Singapore… · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metaswitch's Innovation Score is 45.2/100 (top 24% 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 Metaswitch?

Each dot is one of Metaswitch’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). Metaswitch’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Metaswitch's grants concentrate

MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 85.9% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (27 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2024. By volume, Metaswitch sits between CKD Corporation and Ultrahaptics IP TWO Limited.

Metaswitch's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. moved from 51 to 28 grants (0.55x 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 #2,575. See the growth leaderboard.

CKD

170
Cyntec

170
Energizer Brands

170
ITT Manufacturing…

170
Spectranetics

170
Sumitomo Bakelite

170
Sungrow Power Sup…

170
Ultrahaptics IP T…

170
Metaswitch Networ… ◀

170

What this shows MetaSwitch holds 170 patents at rank #2,300, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MetaSwitch

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,300 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MetaSwitch, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), MetaSwitch ranks #272 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Unisantis Electronics Singapore PTE. Ltd. 45 NeuroPace, Inc. 45 Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC 45 Complete Genomics, Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

iHeart Media Management Services, Inc. 19.2 avg Trudell Medical International Inc. 19.2 avg Thermwood Corporation 19.2 avg PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. 19.2 avg

Metaswitch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% 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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MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	27	15.9%
2016	22	12.9%
2017	19	11.2%
2018	21	12.4%
2019	23	13.5%
2020	16	9.4%
2021	12	7.1%
2022	14	8.2%
2023	8	4.7%
2024	6	3.5%
2025partial year	2	1.2%

Which technologies does MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 146

H04M - Telephonic Communication 58

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 36

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 24

H04Q - Selecting 8

H04J - Multiplex Communication 4

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

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

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H04B - Transmission 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

Top 12 of 12 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

MetaSwitch Networks Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MetaSwitch Networks Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 85.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,300 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. against CKD Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.2/100 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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