Where does Viavi Solutions UK Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Viavi Solutions UK Limited ranks #7,796 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 Viavi Solutions UK Limited hold?

Viavi Solutions UK Limited holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Viavi Solutions UK Limited's Innovation Score?

Viavi Solutions UK Limited has an Innovation Score of 36.0 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Viavi Solutions UK Limited focus on?

Viavi Solutions UK Limited's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 41 patents, ranking #421 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Viavi Solutions UK Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Viavi Solutions UK Limited's recent grant velocity is -95% 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 Viavi Solutions UK Limited's patents?

Viavi Solutions UK Limited's patents average 20.7 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 Viavi Solutions UK 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

Viavi Solutions UK Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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, Viavi ranks #7,796 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 9 technology areas.

#7,796
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (36.0/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7796 · Foreign Corporation #7,796 · 42 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,796/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Universitat DE…
CPC-NARROW H04W · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Universitat DE Barcelona (±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 Viavi’s 36.0 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 13.0 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kaseya · near

36
Ruckus Wireless · near

36
Korea Internet &… · near

36
Viavi Solutions UK · this assignee

36
Takara BIO · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Viavi's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (top 48% 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 Viavi?

Each dot is one of Viavi’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). Viavi’s own 20.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Viavi's grants concentrate

Viavi Solutions UK Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 97.6% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Viavi sits between Universitat DE Barcelona and Vorbeck Materials Corp..

Universitat DE Ba…

42
USAI

42
University of Str…

42
University of Sur…

42
Visa Europe

42
Vision RT

42
Veris Industries

42
Vorbeck Materials

42
Viavi Solutions UK ◀

42

What this shows Viavi holds 42 patents at rank #7,794, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Viavi

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,794 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Viavi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Viavi ranks #421 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Korea Internet & Security Agency 36 Takara BIO Inc. 36 Ruckus Wireless, Inc. 36 Kaseya Limited 36

Viavi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Viavi Solutions UK Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	13	31.0%
2017	12	28.6%
2018	11	26.2%
2019	4	9.5%
2020	2	4.8%

Which technologies does Viavi Solutions UK Limited patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 41

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 15

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 12

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

H04B - Transmission 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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 1

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 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

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

Viavi Solutions UK Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Viavi Solutions UK Limited's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 97.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #7,796 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Viavi Solutions UK Limited against Universitat DE Barcelona, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.0/100 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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