Where does Shoretel, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shoretel, Inc. ranks #6,383 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 Shoretel, Inc. hold?

Shoretel, Inc. holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Shoretel, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Shoretel, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Shoretel, Inc. focus on?

Shoretel, Inc.'s top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 35 patents, ranking #143 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Shoretel, 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 Shoretel, Inc.'s patents?

Shoretel, Inc.'s patents average 22.0 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 Shoretel, 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

Shoretel, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 9 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shoretel ranks #6,383 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 9 technology areas.

#6,383
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 22.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6383 · US Corporation #6,383 · 53 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,383/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schwäbische…
CPC-NARROW H04M · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH (±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 Shoretel’s 37.6 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 13.8 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cosmo · near

38
Exemplis · near

38
ShenZhen Goldsun… · near

38
Shoretel · this assignee

38
Summit Glove · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shoretel's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 Shoretel?

Each dot is one of Shoretel’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). Shoretel’s own 22.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shoretel's grants concentrate

Shoretel, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 66% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (23 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Shoretel sits between Shenzhen Yinglaifa Technology Co., Ltd. and Taris Biomedical LLC.

Shenzhen Yinglaif…

53
Silicon Graphics…

53
Sumo Logic

53
Schwäbische Hütte…

53
Solaria

53
Suprema

53
Takara BIO

53
Taris Biomedical

53
Shoretel ◀

53

What this shows Shoretel holds 53 patents at rank #6,383, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shoretel

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,383 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shoretel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04M (Telephonic Communication), Shoretel ranks #143 of 2,488 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Summit Glove Inc. 38 Cosmo Technologies Ltd. 38 Exemplis LLC 38 ShenZhen Goldsun Network Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.0 here).

Novomer, Inc. 22.0 avg Handylab, Inc. 22.0 avg Avalara, Inc. 22.0 avg Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. 22.0 avg

Shoretel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% 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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Shoretel, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	43.4%
2016	13	24.5%
2017	15	28.3%
2018	2	3.8%

Which technologies does Shoretel, Inc. patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 35

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 32

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

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 3

H04Q - Selecting 2

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

H04B - Transmission 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Shoretel, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 66% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #6,383 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shoretel, Inc. against Shenzhen Yinglaifa Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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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