Where does Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG ranks #29,626 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 Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 20.2 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 Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG 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

Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Nokia ranks #29,626 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#29,626
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29626 · Foreign Corporation #29,626 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,626/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ningbo Xuli Metal…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ningbo Xuli Metal Products 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nokia Siemens… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nokia's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (31st percentile 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.

Where Nokia's grants concentrate

Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nokia sits between Ningbo Xuli Metal Products Co., Ltd. and Northern Technologies International Corporation.

Ningbo Xuli Metal…

9
Nissui

9
Nitrochemie Aschau

9
Nobell Foods

9
Noon Home

9
Nordock

9
Northeast Electri…

9
Northern Internat…

9
Nokia Siemens Net… ◀

9

What this shows Nokia holds 9 patents at rank #29,618, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nokia

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,618 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Nokia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	66.7%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	1	11.1%
2018	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

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

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

H04B - Transmission 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,626

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

29.4 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

Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #29,626 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG against Ningbo Xuli Metal Products Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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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