USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Sprint Communications Company, L.p.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,574 granted patents across 66 technology areas, active 2015–2023. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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1,574

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

17.7

Avg claims per patent

-69%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Sprint holds 1,574 US patents across 66 technology areas, rank #271 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#271
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.3/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -69%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Sprint Communications Company, L.p. has been granted 1,574 US utility patents between 2015 and 2023, placing Sprint Communications Company, L.p. at rank #271 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 66 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS). As a US Corporation, Sprint Communications Company, L.p. is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Sprint sits between Kohler Co. (1,594 patents, rank #267) and Colgate-palmolive Company (1,565 patents, rank #275) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 63.3/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 371 grants, compared with 1,203 in the 2015–2019 window, a -69% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Sprint Communications Company, L.p.'s 17.7 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 66 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Sprint Communications Company, L.p. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Kohler

1,594
Henkel & Kgaa

1,592
Changxin Memory

1,589
HERE Global B V

1,589
Sprint Communicat… ◀

1,574
Wuhan China STAR…

1,572
Meta Platforms

1,569
Acushnet

1,567
Colgate-palmolive

1,565

What this shows Sprint holds 1,574 patents at rank #271, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sprint

By rank, the assignees closest to #271 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Sprint's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 50,000 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.

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Sprint Communications Company, L.p. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	311	19.8%
2016	296	18.8%
2017	221	14.0%
2018	228	14.5%
2019	147	9.3%
2020	133	8.4%
2021	109	6.9%
2022	121	7.7%
2023	8	0.5%

Which technologies does Sprint Communications Company, L.p. patent most?

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 1,062

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 774

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 321

H04B - TRANSMISSION 218

H04M - TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION 191

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 163

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 44

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 41

H01Q - ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS 37

H04J - MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION 26

G06K - GRAPHICAL DATA READING ; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 21

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 18

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 13

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 11

H04Q - SELECTING 10

Top 15 of 66 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Strong

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#271

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Sprint Communications Company, L.p. hold?

Sprint Communications Company, L.p. holds 1,574 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2023, spanning 66 technology areas.

What is Sprint Communications Company, L.p.'s Innovation Score?

Sprint Communications Company, L.p. has an Innovation Score of 63.3 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sprint Communications Company, L.p. focus on?

Sprint Communications Company, L.p.'s top technology area is H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS) with 1,062 patents. The company has filed patents in 66 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sprint Communications Company, L.p.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Sprint Communications Company, L.p.'s recent filing velocity is -69% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Sprint Communications Company, L.p.'s patents?

Sprint Communications Company, L.p.'s patents average 17.7 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Sprint Communications Company, L.p. 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.

How to use this portfolio

Sprint's 1,574 grants land it in the top 2% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Sprint ranks #271 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H04W - see who else leads that technology area. H04W leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.