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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ultratec, Inc. ranks #6,086 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 Ultratec, Inc. hold?

Ultratec, Inc. holds 56 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Ultratec, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ultratec, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.4 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ultratec, Inc. focus on?

Ultratec, Inc.'s top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 55 patents, ranking #101 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Ultratec, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +171% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ultratec, Inc.'s patents?

Ultratec, Inc.'s patents average 30.8 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 Ultratec, 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

Ultratec, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 9 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ultratec ranks #6,086 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 9 technology areas.

#6,086
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.4/100): 30.8
avg claims per patent: +171%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6086 · US Corporation #6,086 · 56 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,086/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tendyron
CPC-NARROW H04M · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +171% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tendyron Corporation (±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 Ultratec’s 45.4 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 14.0 pts (31%) Velocity 5.8 pts (13%) Breadth 10.6 pts (23%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hunter Douglas… · near

45
Medit · near

45
Nuvera Fuel Cells · near

45
Reno · near

45
Ultratec · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ultratec's Innovation Score is 45.4/100 (top 23% 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 Ultratec?

Each dot is one of Ultratec’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). Ultratec’s own 30.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ultratec's grants concentrate

Ultratec, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 98.2% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Ultratec sits between Tendyron Corporation and Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc..

Ultratec's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ultratec, Inc. moved from 23 to 20 grants (0.87x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Tendyron

56
Teva Pharmaceutic…

56
TQ Delta

56
Toshiba Carrier

56
UniversitÉ DE Lil…

56
Uptake

56
Ugreen Group

56
Velodyne Lidar USA

56
Ultratec ◀

56

What this shows Ultratec holds 56 patents at rank #6,083, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ultratec

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,083 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ultratec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04M (Telephonic Communication), Ultratec ranks #101 of 2,488 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Hunter Douglas Industries B. V. 45 Reno Technologies, Inc. 45 Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC 45 Medit Corp. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (30.8 here).

Cooledge Lighting Inc. 30.9 avg Kardium Inc. 31.0 avg Limagrain Europe S.A. 31.1 avg Gearbox, Inc. 30.5 avg

Ultratec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% 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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Ultratec, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.8%
2016	2	3.6%
2018	6	10.7%
2019	5	8.9%
2020	9	16.1%
2021	9	16.1%
2022	4	7.1%
2023	9	16.1%
2024	7	12.5%
2025partial year	4	7.1%

Which technologies does Ultratec, Inc. patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 55

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 25

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 16

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

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

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 6

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 5

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Ultratec, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 98.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #6,086 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ultratec, Inc. against Tendyron Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.4/100 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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