Where does Qualcomm Technologies Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Qualcomm Technologies Inc. ranks #2,697 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 Qualcomm Technologies Inc. hold?

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. holds 144 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is Qualcomm Technologies Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has an Innovation Score of 73.4 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Qualcomm Technologies Inc. focus on?

Qualcomm Technologies Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 59 patents, ranking #834 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

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

Qualcomm Technologies Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -49% 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 Qualcomm Technologies Inc.'s patents?

Qualcomm Technologies Inc.'s patents average 21.8 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 Qualcomm Technologies 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

Qualcomm Technologies Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 144 granted patents across 43 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Qualcomm ranks #2,697 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 144 patents across 43 technology areas.

#2,697
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (73.4/100): 21.8
avg claims per patent: -49%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2697 · US Corporation #2,697 · 144 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 144 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,697/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mitel Networks
CPC-WIDE G06F · 43 areas
INNOV-STRONG 73.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -49% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitel Networks 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 Qualcomm’s 73.4 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 17.2 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (27%) Breadth 23.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zhejiang University · near

73
Advanced Micro Devices · near

73
Hitachi Energy… · near

73
Qualcomm · this assignee

73
Sony Group · near

73
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Qualcomm's Innovation Score is 73.4/100 (top 1% 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 Qualcomm?

Each dot is one of Qualcomm’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). Qualcomm’s own 21.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Qualcomm's grants concentrate

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 41% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (42 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Qualcomm sits between Mitel Networks Corporation and Terrapower, LLC.

Qualcomm's three-year grant acceleration

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. shows 41 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Mitel Networks

144
Nbcuniversal Media

144
Nidec Tosok

144
Pilkington Group

144
Quantcast

144
Showa Denko Mater…

144
Statoil Petroleum…

144
Terrapower

144
Qualcomm ◀

144

What this shows Qualcomm holds 144 patents at rank #2,697, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Qualcomm

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,697 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Qualcomm, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Qualcomm ranks #834 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (73 here).

Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG 73 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 73 Zhejiang University 73 Sony Group Corporation 73

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.8 here).

kaleo, Inc. 21.8 avg Shape Security, Inc. 21.8 avg Astex Therapeutics Limited 21.8 avg Lagree Technologies, Inc. 21.8 avg

Qualcomm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

73 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Qualcomm Technologies Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	42	29.2%
2016	33	22.9%
2017	7	4.9%
2018	3	2.1%
2019	7	4.9%
2020	6	4.2%
2022	11	7.6%
2023	15	10.4%
2024	15	10.4%
2025partial year	5	3.5%

Which technologies does Qualcomm Technologies Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 59

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 34

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 32

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 25

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 21

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 13

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 13

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 8

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

G11C - Static Stores 7

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 7

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 6

H03F - Amplifiers 6

H04B - Transmission 6

Top 15 of 43 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

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

Qualcomm Technologies Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 41% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,697 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Qualcomm Technologies Inc. against Mitel Networks Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 73.4/100 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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