Where does Novatel Wireless, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Novatel Wireless, Inc ranks #18,962 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 Novatel Wireless, Inc hold?

Novatel Wireless, Inc holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Novatel Wireless, Inc's Innovation Score?

Novatel Wireless, Inc has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Novatel Wireless, Inc focus on?

Novatel Wireless, Inc's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 12 patents, ranking #1,170 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Novatel Wireless, Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Novatel Wireless, Inc's recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Novatel Wireless, Inc's patents?

Novatel Wireless, Inc's patents average 17.0 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 Novatel Wireless, 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

Novatel Wireless, Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Novatel ranks #18,962 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#18,962
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18962 · US Corporation #18,962 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,962/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ningbo Pureza…
CPC-NARROW H04W · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ningbo Pureza Technology 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 Novatel’s 37.0 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 9.6 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 10.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Novatel Wireless · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Novatel's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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 Novatel?

Each dot is one of Novatel’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). Novatel’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Novatel's grants concentrate

Novatel Wireless, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Novatel sits between Ningbo Pureza Technology Co., Ltd. and OE Solutions Co., Ltd..

Novatel's three-year grant acceleration

Novatel Wireless, Inc shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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15
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Obigo

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OE Solutions

15
Novatel Wireless ◀

15

What this shows Novatel holds 15 patents at rank #18,959, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Novatel

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,959 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Novatel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Novatel Wireless, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	40.0%
2016	4	26.7%
2017	3	20.0%
2018	1	6.7%
2022	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Novatel Wireless, Inc patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

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 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Novatel Wireless, Inc's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #18,962 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Novatel Wireless, Inc against Ningbo Pureza Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.