Where does Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. ranks #25,311 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 Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. hold?

Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. focus on?

Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 8 patents, ranking #2,806 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd.'s patents average 9.0 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 Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. 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

Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 7 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sunwave ranks #25,311 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 7 technology areas.

#25,311
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25311 · Foreign Corporation #25,311 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,311/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Summit Packaging…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Summit Packaging Systems, 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 Sunwave’s 43.3 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 8.6 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (46%) Breadth 9.4 pts (22%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sunwave Communications · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sunwave's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 28% 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 Sunwave?

Each dot is one of Sunwave’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). Sunwave’s own 9.0 claims/patent is at or below the 12.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sunwave's grants concentrate

Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Sunwave sits between Summit Packaging Systems, Inc. and Suss Microtec Photomask Equipment GMBH & Co.

Sunwave's three-year grant acceleration

Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Summit Packaging…

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Sunoptic

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Superflex

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What this shows Sunwave holds 11 patents at rank #25,200, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sunwave

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,200 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Sunwave's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% 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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Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	3	27.3%
2024	4	36.4%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

H04B - Transmission 6

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 2

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #25,311 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd. against Summit Packaging Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 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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