Where does Verizon Media Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Verizon Media Inc. ranks #1,366 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 Media Inc. hold?

Verizon Media Inc. holds 307 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2022, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Verizon Media Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Verizon Media Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100 (top 16% 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 Media Inc. focus on?

Verizon Media Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 188 patents, ranking #327 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Verizon Media Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Verizon Media Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Verizon Media Inc.'s patents?

Verizon Media Inc.'s patents average 19.3 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 Media 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

Verizon Media Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 307 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2022. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Verizon ranks #1,366 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 307 patents across 22 technology areas.

#1,366
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1366 · US Corporation #1,366 · 307 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 307 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,366/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CertainTeed
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2022 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CertainTeed LLC (±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 48.6 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 19.8 pts (41%) Velocity 0.7 pts (1%) Breadth 16.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
H Lundbeck A/S · near

49
Kulite Semiconductor… · near

49
Advanced Technology… · near

49
Verizon Media · this assignee

49
Dexin · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Verizon's Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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 19.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 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 Media Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 61.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (246 grants) versus a trough of 28 in 2022. By volume, Verizon sits between CertainTeed LLC and Coulter Ventures, LLC..

Verizon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Verizon Media Inc. moved from 279 to 28 grants (0.10x 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 #3,178. See the growth leaderboard.

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Southwest Petrole…

307
The Chinese Unive…

307
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307
Alfa Laval Corpor…

306
Bissell

306
Cedars Sinai Medi…

306
Coulter Ventures

306

What this shows Verizon holds 307 patents at rank #1,366, 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 #1,366 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Verizon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Verizon ranks #327 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Advanced Technology & Materials Co., Ltd. 49 H. Lundbeck A/S 49 Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. 49 Dexin Corporation 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.3 here).

Amkor Technology, Inc. 19.3 avg Carbon, Inc. 19.3 avg BAIDU.COM Times Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. 19.3 avg Automation Anywhere, Inc. 19.3 avg

Verizon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2022

Grants by year

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

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Verizon Media Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	33	10.7%
2021	246	80.1%
2022	28	9.1%

Which technologies does Verizon Media Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 188

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 138

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 131

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 35

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 34

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 25

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 12

H04M - Telephonic Communication 12

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 6

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

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 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

Top 15 of 22 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 Media Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Verizon Media Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 61.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,366 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Verizon Media Inc. against CertainTeed LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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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