Where does Trace Live Network Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Trace Live Network Inc. ranks #43,732 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 Trace Live Network Inc. hold?

Trace Live Network Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Trace Live Network Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Trace Live Network Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Trace Live Network Inc. focus on?

Trace Live Network Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 5 patents, ranking #2,173 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Trace Live Network Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Trace Live Network 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 Trace Live Network Inc.'s patents?

Trace Live Network Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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 Trace Live Network 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 Foreign Corporation

Trace Live Network Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Trace ranks #43,732 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 11 technology areas.

#43,732
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43732 · Foreign Corporation #43,732 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,732/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tower Semiconductors
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tower Semiconductors Ltd. (±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 Trace’s 29.4 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Trace Live Network · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Trace's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (30th percentile 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 Trace?

Each dot is one of Trace’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). Trace’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Trace's grants concentrate

Trace Live Network Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Trace sits between Tower Semiconductors Ltd. and Transcend Air Corporation.

Tower Semiconduct…

6
Toyo Advanced

6
Toyo Machinery &…

6
Tracbeam

6
Trackmobile

6
Tradeweb Markets

6
Transvoyant

6
Transcend Air

6
Trace Live Network ◀

6

What this shows Trace holds 6 patents at rank #43,729, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Trace

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,729 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Trace's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Trace Live Network Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	50.0%
2017	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Trace Live Network Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Trace Live Network Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Trace Live Network Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #43,732 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Trace Live Network Inc. against Tower Semiconductors Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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

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