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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pctel, Inc. ranks #10,723 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 Pctel, Inc. hold?

Pctel, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Pctel, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pctel, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.2 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pctel, Inc. focus on?

Pctel, Inc.'s top technology area is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials) with 17 patents, ranking #189 of 1,637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

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

Pctel, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Pctel, Inc.'s patents?

Pctel, Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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 Pctel, 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

Pctel, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 23 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: H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pctel ranks #10,723 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 23 technology areas.

#10,723
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.2/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10723 · US Corporation #10,723 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,723/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH OnPoint Medical
CPC-FOCUS H01Q · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: OnPoint Medical, 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 Pctel’s 41.2 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 11.7 pts (28%) Velocity 3.1 pts (8%) Breadth 17.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Scientia Vascular · near

41
Swiss Timing · near

41
Breathe · near

41
Pctel · this assignee

41
Shenzhen Lute… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pctel's Innovation Score is 41.2/100 (top 34% 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 Pctel?

Each dot is one of Pctel’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). Pctel’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pctel's grants concentrate

Pctel, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 58.6% of grants classified under H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Pctel sits between OnPoint Medical, Inc. and Protalus, LLC.

Pctel's three-year grant acceleration

Pctel, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Onpoint Medical

29
Orionis Bioscienc…

29
Palo Alto Network…

29
PB

29
Pegavision

29
Powdermet

29
Probiotical S P A

29
Protalus

29
Pctel ◀

29

What this shows Pctel holds 29 patents at rank #10,721, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pctel

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,721 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01Q (Antennas)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pctel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01Q (Antennas), Pctel ranks #189 of 1,637 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Breathe Technologies, Inc. 41 Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. 41 Scientia Vascular, Inc. 41 Swiss Timing Ltd 41

Pctel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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Pctel, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.4%
2017	2	6.9%
2019	3	10.3%
2020	6	20.7%
2021	8	27.6%
2022	4	13.8%
2023	4	13.8%
2025partial year	1	3.4%

Which technologies does Pctel, Inc. patent most?

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 17

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

H04B - Transmission 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 5

H04J - Multiplex Communication 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 2

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

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

Top 15 of 23 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

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

Pctel, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials), 58.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01Q
Ranked #10,723 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pctel, Inc. against OnPoint Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.2/100 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

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.