Where does Piper Networks, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Piper Networks, Inc. ranks #42,353 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 Piper Networks, Inc. hold?

Piper Networks, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Piper Networks, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Piper Networks, Inc. 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 Piper Networks, Inc. focus on?

Piper Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic) with 3 patents, ranking #81 of 195 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Piper Networks, Inc..

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

Piper Networks, Inc.'s patents average 16.3 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 Piper Networks, 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

Piper Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2024. 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: B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Piper ranks #42,353 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#42,353
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.2/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42353 · US Corporation #42,353 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,353/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pile Dynamics
CPC-NARROW B61L · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2024 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pile Dynamics, 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 Piper’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 6.7 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 8.7 pts (19%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pollogen · near

45
Piper Networks · this assignee

45
Complete Genomics · near

45
NeuroPace · near

45
Pratt Retail… · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Piper'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 Piper?

Each dot is one of Piper’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). Piper’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Piper's grants concentrate

Piper Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Piper sits between Pile Dynamics, Inc. and Pixellot Ltd..

Piper's three-year grant acceleration

Piper Networks, Inc. shows 6 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.

Pile Dynamics

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Pink Adventure Gr…

6
Pinpoint Ideas

6
Pipelife Nederlan…

6
Pipstek

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Pirouette Medical

6
Pisgah Laboratori…

6
Pixellot

6
Piper Networks ◀

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What this shows Piper holds 6 patents at rank #42,400, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Piper

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,400 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61L (Guiding Railway Traffic)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Piper, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B61L (Guiding Railway Traffic), Piper ranks #81 of 195 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Pollogen Ltd. 45 Complete Genomics, Inc. 45 Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC 45 NeuroPace, Inc. 45

Piper'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 · 2022–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Piper Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	16.7%
2023	4	66.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Piper Networks, Inc. patent most?

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 3

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

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

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

H04B - Transmission 1

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 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Piper Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is B61L (Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61L
Ranked #42,353 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Piper Networks, Inc. against Pile Dynamics, Inc., 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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