Where does Polycom, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Polycom, LLC ranks #2,091 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 Polycom, LLC hold?

Polycom, LLC holds 189 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Polycom, LLC's Innovation Score?

Polycom, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.7 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Polycom, LLC focus on?

Polycom, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 117 patents, ranking #184 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Polycom, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Polycom, LLC's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Polycom, LLC's patents?

Polycom, LLC's patents average 18.6 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 Polycom, LLC 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

Polycom, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 189 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Polycom ranks #2,091 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 189 patents across 23 technology areas.

#2,091
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.7/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2091 · US Corporation #2,091 · 189 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 189 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,091/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allscripts Software
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allscripts Software, LLC (±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 Polycom’s 47.7 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 18.1 pts (38%) Velocity 1.4 pts (3%) Breadth 17.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AOl · near

48
Grohe · near

48
Keter Plastic · near

48
Polycom · this assignee

48
Streamlight · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Polycom's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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 Polycom?

Each dot is one of Polycom’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). Polycom’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Polycom's grants concentrate

Polycom, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 61.9% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (31 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Polycom sits between Allscripts Software, LLC and Avision Inc..

Polycom's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Polycom, LLC moved from 65 to 14 grants (0.21x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,076. See the growth leaderboard.

Allscripts Softwa…

189
Chiesi Farmaceuti…

189
GN Audio A/S

189
Okuma

189
Reckitt Benckiser…

189
Tyco Japan G K

189
Polycom ◀

189
Ansys

188
Avision

188

What this shows Polycom holds 189 patents at rank #2,091, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Polycom

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,091 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Polycom, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Polycom ranks #184 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

AOl 48 Keter Plastic Ltd. 48 Streamlight, Inc. 48 Grohe AG 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

Roblox Corporation 18.6 avg Parade Technologies, Ltd. 18.6 avg Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. 18.6 avg Uber Technologies, Inc. 18.6 avg

Polycom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Polycom, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	27	14.3%
2016	31	16.4%
2017	26	13.8%
2018	26	13.8%
2019	25	13.2%
2020	27	14.3%
2021	13	6.9%
2022	11	5.8%
2023	3	1.6%

Which technologies does Polycom, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 117

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 64

H04M - Telephonic Communication 38

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 32

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 23

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 20

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 15

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 12

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 10

H04Q - Selecting 7

H03G - Control OF Amplification 5

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 4

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 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H03F - Amplifiers 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

Polycom, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Polycom, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 61.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #2,091 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Polycom, LLC against Allscripts Software, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.7/100 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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