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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tekelec, Inc. ranks #5,250 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 Tekelec, Inc. hold?

Tekelec, Inc. holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Tekelec, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tekelec, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.4 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tekelec, Inc. focus on?

Tekelec, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 56 patents, ranking #599 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Tekelec, 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 Tekelec, Inc.'s patents?

Tekelec, Inc.'s patents average 20.4 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 Tekelec, 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

Tekelec, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tekelec ranks #5,250 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 6 technology areas.

#5,250
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.4/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5250 · US Corporation #5,250 · 66 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,250/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Silver Spring Networks
CPC-NARROW H04L · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Silver Spring Networks, 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 Tekelec’s 35.4 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 14.5 pts (41%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CUB Elecparts · near

35
Magswitch Technology… · near

35
Tekelec · this assignee

35
Tomy · near

35
Tianjin Wanda Tyre · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tekelec's Innovation Score is 35.4/100 (top 49% 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 Tekelec?

Each dot is one of Tekelec’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). Tekelec’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tekelec's grants concentrate

Tekelec, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 84.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (30 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Tekelec sits between Silver Spring Networks, Inc. and Theranos IP Company, LLC.

Silver Spring Net…

66
Sorin Group Itali…

66
Spraying Systems

66
Superior Industri…

66
TPK Advanced Solu…

66
Trek Bicycle

66
Takeda Vaccines

66
Theranos IP

66
Tekelec ◀

66

What this shows Tekelec holds 66 patents at rank #5,249, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tekelec

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,249 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tekelec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Tekelec ranks #599 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Tomy Company, Ltd. 35 CUB Elecparts Inc. 35 Magswitch Technology Worldwide PTY Ltd. 35 Tianjin Wanda Tyre Co., Ltd. 35

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.4 here).

Entefy Inc. 20.4 avg Castrol Limited 20.4 avg Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. 20.4 avg Synthetic Genomics, Inc. 20.4 avg

Tekelec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Tekelec, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	30	45.5%
2016	23	34.8%
2017	8	12.1%
2018	4	6.1%
2019	1	1.5%

Which technologies does Tekelec, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 56

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 36

H04M - Telephonic Communication 23

H04Q - Selecting 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 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

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Tekelec, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 84.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #5,250 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tekelec, Inc. against Silver Spring Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.4/100 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

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.