Where does Skywave Networks LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Skywave Networks LLC ranks #10,457 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 Skywave Networks LLC hold?

Skywave Networks LLC holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Skywave Networks LLC's Innovation Score?

Skywave Networks LLC has an Innovation Score of 58.1 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Skywave Networks LLC focus on?

Skywave Networks LLC's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 26 patents, ranking #366 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Skywave Networks LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Skywave Networks LLC's recent grant velocity is +2700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Skywave Networks LLC's patents?

Skywave Networks LLC's patents average 24.3 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 Skywave Networks 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

Skywave Networks LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Skywave ranks #10,457 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 11 technology areas.

#10,457
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.1/100): 24.3
avg claims per patent: +2700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10457 · US Corporation #10,457 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,457/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sentry Solutions…
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +2700% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sentry Solutions Products Group 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 Skywave’s 58.1 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 11.9 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 11.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 14.6 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Board of Trustees… · near

58
Qingdao University… · near

58
Level 3 Communications · near

58
Skywave Networks · this assignee

58
VKR Holding A/S · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Skywave's Innovation Score is 58.1/100 (top 5% 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 Skywave?

Each dot is one of Skywave’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). Skywave’s own 24.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Skywave's grants concentrate

Skywave Networks LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Skywave sits between Sentry Solutions Products Group LLC and Stetrix, Inc..

Skywave's three-year grant acceleration

Skywave Networks LLC shows 24 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Sentry Solutions…

30
Sequent Medical

30
Shenzhen Breo Tec…

30
Siemens Österreich

30
Spinesmith Partne…

30
Stemco Products

30
Sterling Internat…

30
Stetrix

30
Skywave Networks ◀

30

What this shows Skywave holds 30 patents at rank #10,463, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Skywave

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,463 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Skywave, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04B (Transmission), Skywave ranks #366 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

VKR Holding A/S 58 Level 3 Communications, LLC 58 Qingdao University of Science and Technology 58 Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas 58

Skywave's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Skywave Networks LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	3.3%
2020	1	3.3%
2021	3	10.0%
2022	10	33.3%
2023	6	20.0%
2024	8	26.7%
2025partial year	1	3.3%

Which technologies does Skywave Networks LLC patent most?

H04B - Transmission 26

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 20

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 12

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 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

G01W - Meteorology 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H04H - Broadcast Communication 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Skywave Networks LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Skywave Networks LLC's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #10,457 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Skywave Networks LLC against Sentry Solutions Products Group LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.1/100 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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