Where does TracFone Wireless, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TracFone Wireless, Inc. ranks #2,339 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 TracFone Wireless, Inc. hold?

TracFone Wireless, Inc. holds 168 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is TracFone Wireless, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

TracFone Wireless, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.6 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TracFone Wireless, Inc. focus on?

TracFone Wireless, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 114 patents. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

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

TracFone Wireless, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -2% 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 TracFone Wireless, Inc.'s patents?

TracFone Wireless, Inc.'s patents average 18.7 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 TracFone Wireless, 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

TracFone Wireless, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 168 granted patents across 18 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tracfone ranks #2,339 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 168 patents across 18 technology areas.

#2,339
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.6/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2339 · US Corporation #2,339 · 168 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 168 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,339/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Research Foundation…
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Research Foundation OF THE City University OF NEW York (±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
BIG Dutchman… · near

47
Eizo · near

47
Guangzhou Tyrafos… · near

47
Modumetal · near

47
TracFone Wireless · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tracfone's Innovation Score is 46.6/100 (top 20% 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 Tracfone's grants concentrate

TracFone Wireless, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 67.9% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (34 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2024. By volume, Tracfone sits between Research Foundation OF THE City University OF NEW York and Auburn University.

Tracfone's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TracFone Wireless, Inc. moved from 83 to 33 grants (0.40x 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 #2,878. See the growth leaderboard.

Research Foundati…

168
Sanden

168
Techtronic Floor…

168
The Government of…

168
Tribune Broadcast…

168
Xintec

168
Tracfone Wireless ◀

168
Aruze Gaming Amer…

167
Auburn University

167

What this shows TracFone holds 168 patents at rank #2,339, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TracFone

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,339 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Eizo Corporation 47 Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co., Ltd. 47 Modumetal, Inc. 47 BIG Dutchman International GMBH 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.7 here).

Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. 18.7 avg Forcepoint LLC 18.7 avg Axcelis Technologies, Inc. 18.7 avg SAP Portals Israel Ltd 18.7 avg

Tracfone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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TracFone Wireless, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	4.2%
2016	10	6.0%
2017	13	7.7%
2018	20	11.9%
2019	34	20.2%
2020	25	14.9%
2021	24	14.3%
2022	17	10.1%
2023	10	6.0%
2024	6	3.6%
2025partial year	2	1.2%

Which technologies does TracFone Wireless, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 114

H04M - Telephonic Communication 84

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 52

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 35

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 29

H04B - Transmission 8

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 8

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 3

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 3

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,339

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.6 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

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

TracFone Wireless, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 67.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #2,339 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TracFone Wireless, Inc. against Research Foundation OF THE City University OF NEW York, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.6/100 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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