Where does Verizon Connect Ireland Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Verizon Connect Ireland Limited ranks #20,593 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 Verizon Connect Ireland Limited hold?

Verizon Connect Ireland Limited holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Verizon Connect Ireland Limited's Innovation Score?

Verizon Connect Ireland Limited has an Innovation Score of 34.1 out of 100 (47th 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 Verizon Connect Ireland Limited focus on?

Verizon Connect Ireland Limited's top technology area is G08G (Traffic Control Systems) with 7 patents, ranking #295 of 1,183 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Verizon Connect Ireland Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Verizon Connect Ireland Limited's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Verizon Connect Ireland Limited's patents?

Verizon Connect Ireland Limited's patents average 20.1 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 Verizon Connect Ireland 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

Verizon Connect Ireland Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: G08G (Traffic Control Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Verizon ranks #20,593 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 13 technology areas.

#20,593
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.1/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20593 · Foreign Corporation #20,593 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,593/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH VanGogh Imaging
CPC-FOCUS G08G · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: VanGogh Imaging, Inc. (±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 Verizon’s 34.1 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 9.4 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Verizon Connect… · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Verizon's Innovation Score is 34.1/100 (47th 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 Verizon?

Each dot is one of Verizon’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). Verizon’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Verizon's grants concentrate

Verizon Connect Ireland Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G08G (Traffic Control Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Verizon sits between VanGogh Imaging, Inc. and Virginia Panel Corporation.

Vangogh Imaging

14
Vantis Vascular

14
Verdagy

14
Verity Studios

14
Viax Dental

14
Viessmann Climate…

14
Vireo Systems

14
Virginia Panel

14
Verizon Connect I… ◀

14

What this shows Verizon holds 14 patents at rank #20,596, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Verizon

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,596 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08G (Traffic Control Systems)

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

Verizon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

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

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Verizon Connect Ireland Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.1%
2019	3	21.4%
2020	7	50.0%
2021	3	21.4%

Which technologies does Verizon Connect Ireland Limited patent most?

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 7

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 7

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 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Verizon Connect Ireland Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Verizon Connect Ireland Limited's lead technology class is G08G (Traffic Control Systems), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08G
Ranked #20,593 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Verizon Connect Ireland Limited against VanGogh Imaging, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.1/100 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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