Where does Unwired Planet International Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unwired Planet International Limited ranks #33,757 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 Unwired Planet International Limited hold?

Unwired Planet International Limited holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Unwired Planet International Limited's Innovation Score?

Unwired Planet International Limited has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th 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 Unwired Planet International Limited focus on?

Unwired Planet International Limited's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 8 patents, ranking #1,588 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Unwired Planet International Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Unwired Planet International Limited's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Unwired Planet International Limited's patents?

Unwired Planet International Limited's patents average 19.5 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 Unwired Planet International Limited 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

Unwired Planet International Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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, Unwired ranks #33,757 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 3 technology areas.

#33,757
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33757 · Foreign Corporation #33,757 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,757/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM…
CPC-NARROW H04W · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM Heidelberg (±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 Unwired’s 28.8 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 7.6 pts (26%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 6.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Unwired Planet… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Unwired's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th 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 Unwired?

Each dot is one of Unwired’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). Unwired’s own 19.5 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.

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

Where Unwired's grants concentrate

Unwired Planet International Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Unwired sits between UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM Heidelberg and Uriseed Institute.

Unwired's three-year grant acceleration

Unwired Planet International Limited shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

UniversitÄTsklini…

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UniversitÉ Paris…

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Upmem

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Upthere

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Urban SKY Theory

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Uriseed Institute

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What this shows Unwired holds 8 patents at rank #33,718, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Unwired

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,718 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Unwired's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Unwired Planet International Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	25.0%
2020	3	37.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Unwired Planet International Limited patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

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 3

Top 3 of 3 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

Unwired Planet International Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Unwired Planet International Limited's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #33,757 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unwired Planet International Limited against UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM Heidelberg, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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.