Where does Telecom Italia S.p.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Telecom Italia S.p.A. ranks #1,681 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 Telecom Italia S.p.A. hold?

Telecom Italia S.p.A. holds 245 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 48 technology areas.

What is Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s Innovation Score?

Telecom Italia S.p.A. has an Innovation Score of 57.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s recent grant velocity is -35% 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 Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s patents?

Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s patents average 16.4 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 Telecom Italia S.p.A. 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

Telecom Italia S.p.A.

Q: What technology areas does Telecom Italia S.p.A. focus on?

Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 121 patents. Grants appear in 48 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 245 granted patents across 48 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Telecom ranks #1,681 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 245 patents across 48 technology areas.

#1,681
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (57.0/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1681 · Foreign Corporation #1,681 · 245 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 245 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,681/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Denso Wave Incorpora…
CPC-WIDE H04L · 48 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Denso Wave Incorporated (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hallmark Cards… · near

57
Kobelco Construction… · near

57
Nice · near

57
S&P Global · near

57
Telecom Italia S p A · this assignee

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Telecom's Innovation Score is 57.0/100 (top 6% 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.

Where Telecom's grants concentrate

Telecom Italia S.p.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 49.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (36 grants) versus a trough of 12 in 2023. By volume, Telecom sits between Denso Wave Incorporated and Icahn School OF Medicine AT Mount Sinai.

Telecom's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Telecom Italia S.p.A. moved from 81 to 45 grants (0.56x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,556. See the growth leaderboard.

Denso Wave Incorp…

245
Kandou Labs

245
Microstrategy Inc…

245
Shenzhen Universi…

245
The Mitre

245
Telecom Italia S… ◀

245
Airbus Defence AN…

244
Beckman Coulter

244
Icahn School OF M…

244

What this shows Telecom holds 245 patents at rank #1,681, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Telecom

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,681 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Telecom, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Nice Ltd. 57 Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd 57 Hallmark Cards, Incorporated 57 S&P Global Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

SK hynix Inc. 16.4 avg Yara International ASA 16.4 avg Hexcel Corporation 16.4 avg Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. 16.4 avg

Telecom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Telecom Italia S.p.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	36	14.7%
2016	23	9.4%
2017	31	12.7%
2018	17	6.9%
2019	34	13.9%
2020	25	10.2%
2021	22	9.0%
2022	17	6.9%
2023	12	4.9%
2024	16	6.5%
2025partial year	12	4.9%

Which technologies does Telecom Italia S.p.A. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 121

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 119

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 39

H04B - Transmission 24

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 15

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 12

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 11

H04M - Telephonic Communication 10

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 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 4

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Top 15 of 48 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,681

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 49.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,681 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Telecom Italia S.p.A. against Denso Wave Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.0/100 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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