Where does Sierra Wireless, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sierra Wireless, Inc. ranks #6,485 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 Sierra Wireless, Inc. hold?

Sierra Wireless, Inc. holds 52 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Sierra Wireless, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sierra Wireless, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.2 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sierra Wireless, Inc. focus on?

Sierra Wireless, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 36 patents, ranking #464 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sierra Wireless, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -42% 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 Sierra Wireless, Inc.'s patents?

Sierra Wireless, Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 Sierra Wireless, 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 Foreign Corporation

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 52 granted patents across 19 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sierra ranks #6,485 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 52 patents across 19 technology areas.

#6,485
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.2/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: -42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6485 · Foreign Corporation #6,485 · 52 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 52 grants
UPPER-Q #6,485/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sartorius Stedim…
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sartorius Stedim North America 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 Sierra’s 44.2 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 13.7 pts (31%) Velocity 4.0 pts (9%) Breadth 15.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alivecor · near

44
DecaWave · near

44
Lallemand Hungary… · near

44
Sierra Wireless · this assignee

44
Wenzhou Furuisi… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sierra's Innovation Score is 44.2/100 (top 26% 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 Sierra?

Each dot is one of Sierra’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). Sierra’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sierra's grants concentrate

Sierra Wireless, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Sierra sits between Shavelogic, Inc. and Sun Hydraulics, LLC.

Sierra's three-year grant acceleration

Sierra Wireless, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Shavelogic

52
Shenzhen Carku Te…

52
Shenzhen Neewer T…

52
Shop VAC

52
Soremartec

52
Sartorius Stedim…

52
Sharp Life Scienc…

52
Sun Hydraulics

52
Sierra Wireless ◀

52

What this shows Sierra holds 52 patents at rank #6,483, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sierra

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,483 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sierra, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Sierra ranks #464 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Lallemand Hungary Liquidity Management LLC 44 DecaWave Ltd. 44 Alivecor, Inc. 44 Wenzhou Furuisi Building Materials Co., Ltd. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

Alta Devices, Inc. 18.4 avg Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC 18.4 avg Fair Isaac Corporation 18.4 avg Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC 18.4 avg

Sierra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% 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.

View data table

Sierra Wireless, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	23.1%
2016	3	5.8%
2017	8	15.4%
2018	5	9.6%
2019	5	9.6%
2020	4	7.7%
2021	6	11.5%
2022	6	11.5%
2023	3	5.8%

Which technologies does Sierra Wireless, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 36

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 29

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

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

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 1

H01C - Resistors 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 15 of 19 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

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

Sierra Wireless, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #6,485 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sierra Wireless, Inc. against Shavelogic, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.2/100 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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