Where does Ping4 Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ping4 Inc. ranks #36,978 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 Ping4 Inc. hold?

Ping4 Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Ping4 Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ping4 Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.5 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ping4 Inc. focus on?

Ping4 Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 7 patents, ranking #1,749 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ping4 Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ping4 Inc.'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 Ping4 Inc.'s patents?

Ping4 Inc.'s patents average 20.7 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 Ping4 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

Ping4 Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ping4 ranks #36,978 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#36,978
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.5/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36978 · US Corporation #36,978 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,978/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Photoscience Japan
CPC-NARROW H04W · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Photoscience Japan 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 Ping4’s 27.5 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 7.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (29%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Ping4 · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Ping4's Innovation Score is 27.5/100 (24th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Ping4?

Each dot is one of Ping4’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). Ping4’s own 20.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Ping4 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Ping4's grants concentrate

Ping4 Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Ping4 sits between Photoscience Japan Corporation and Pison Stream Solutions, Inc..

Photoscience Japan

7
Phraxis

7
Phytoplant Resear…

7
Picote Solutions

7
Pinscreen

7
Pintail Power

7
Pipeline Inductio…

7
Pison Stream Solu…

7
Ping4 ◀

7

What this shows Ping4 holds 7 patents at rank #36,906, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ping4

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,906 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Ping4's primary technology class.

Ping4's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% 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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Ping4 Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Ping4 Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

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

H04H - Broadcast Communication 2

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 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Ping4 Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ping4 Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #36,978 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ping4 Inc. against Photoscience Japan Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.5/100 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.