Where does PPC Broadband, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PPC Broadband, Inc. ranks #1,105 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 PPC Broadband, Inc. hold?

PPC Broadband, Inc. holds 386 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is PPC Broadband, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

PPC Broadband, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.9 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

PPC Broadband, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +9% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

PPC Broadband, Inc.'s patents average 26.4 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 PPC Broadband, 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

PPC Broadband, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does PPC Broadband, Inc. focus on?

PPC Broadband, Inc.'s top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 177 patents, ranking #24 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 386 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, PPC ranks #1,105 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 386 patents across 32 technology areas.

#1,105
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.9/100): 26.4
avg claims per patent: +9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1105 · US Corporation #1,105 · 386 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 386 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,105/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Infinera
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Infinera Corp. (±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 PPC’s 59.9 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 20.6 pts (34%) Velocity 4.3 pts (7%) Breadth 20.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Analog Devices… · near

60
China National… · near

60
Emerson Climate · near

60
Ordos Yuansheng… · near

60
PPC Broadband · this assignee

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PPC's Innovation Score is 59.9/100 (top 4% 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 PPC?

Each dot is one of PPC’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). PPC’s own 26.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where PPC's grants concentrate

PPC Broadband, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 45.9% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (56 grants) versus a trough of 17 in 2015. By volume, PPC sits between Valeo Systemes Thermiques and Johns Manville.

PPC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, PPC Broadband, Inc. moved from 145 to 93 grants (0.64x 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 #2,333. See the growth leaderboard.

Valeo Systemes Th…

388
Auris Health

387
Contemporary Ampe…

387
Infinera

386
PPC Broadband ◀

386
JNC

385
Kobelco Construct…

384
Power Integrations

384
Johns Manville

383

What this shows PPC holds 386 patents at rank #1,105, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PPC

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,105 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for PPC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), PPC ranks #24 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc. 60 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. 60 China National Petroleum Corporation 60 Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (26.4 here).

iCometrue Company Ltd. 26.4 avg Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. 26.4 avg Cleerly, Inc. 26.4 avg Prognosys Biosciences, Inc. 26.5 avg

PPC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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PPC Broadband, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	4.4%
2016	26	6.7%
2017	36	9.3%
2018	45	11.7%
2019	49	12.7%
2020	56	14.5%
2021	40	10.4%
2022	32	8.3%
2023	33	8.5%
2024	28	7.3%
2025partial year	24	6.2%

Which technologies does PPC Broadband, Inc. patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 177

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 77

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 55

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 47

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 39

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 36

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 20

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 19

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 13

H04B - Transmission 13

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 10

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 10

H04H - Broadcast Communication 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

Top 15 of 32 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

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

PPC Broadband, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 45.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #1,105 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PPC Broadband, Inc. against Valeo Systemes Thermiques, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.9/100 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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