Where does Vodafone GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vodafone GMBH ranks #5,807 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 Vodafone GMBH hold?

Vodafone GMBH holds 59 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Vodafone GMBH's Innovation Score?

Vodafone GMBH has an Innovation Score of 39.0 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vodafone GMBH focus on?

Vodafone GMBH's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 36 patents, ranking #865 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vodafone GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vodafone GMBH's recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Vodafone GMBH's patents?

Vodafone GMBH's patents average 13.9 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 Vodafone GMBH 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

Vodafone GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 59 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vodafone ranks #5,807 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 59 patents across 20 technology areas.

#5,807
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5807 · Foreign Corporation #5,807 · 59 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 59 grants
UPPER-Q #5,807/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tela Innovations
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tela Innovations, 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 Vodafone’s 39.0 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 14.1 pts (36%) Velocity 0.7 pts (2%) Breadth 15.8 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Innoplexus · near

39
Altr Solutions · near

39
MEI Pharma · near

39
Mr Bar-B-Q Products · near

39
Vodafone · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vodafone's Innovation Score is 39.0/100 (top 39% 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 Vodafone?

Each dot is one of Vodafone’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). Vodafone’s own 13.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Vodafone's grants concentrate

Vodafone GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 61% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Vodafone sits between Tela Innovations, Inc. and Wagner Spray Tech Corporation.

Vodafone's three-year grant acceleration

Vodafone GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Tela Innovations

59
The University of…

59
Trivascular

59
Tufts Medical Cen…

59
Ventana Micro Sys…

59
Wanhua Chemical G…

59
Whitewater West I…

59
Wagner Spray Tech

59
Vodafone ◀

59

What this shows Vodafone holds 59 patents at rank #5,804, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vodafone

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,804 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vodafone, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Vodafone ranks #865 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Altr Solutions, Inc. 39 Mr. Bar-B-Q Products LLC 39 MEI Pharma, Inc. 39 Innoplexus AG 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.9 here).

Hangzhou Great Star Tools Co., Ltd. 13.9 avg Heraeus Quarzglas GMBH & Co. KG 13.9 avg Amdocs Development Limited 13.9 avg Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG 13.9 avg

Vodafone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Vodafone GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	23.7%
2016	13	22.0%
2017	13	22.0%
2018	9	15.3%
2019	5	8.5%
2020	3	5.1%
2021	1	1.7%
2022	1	1.7%

Which technologies does Vodafone GMBH patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 36

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 35

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

H04M - Telephonic Communication 10

H04B - Transmission 8

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

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

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 2

H04J - Multiplex Communication 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

B62H - Cycle STANDS; Supports OR Holders FOR Parking OR Storing CYCLES; Appliances Preventing OR Indicating Unauthorized USE OR Theft OF CYCLES; Locks Integral With CYCLES; Devices FOR Learning TO Ride Cycles 1

Top 15 of 20 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

Vodafone GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vodafone GMBH's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 61% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #5,807 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vodafone GMBH against Tela Innovations, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.0/100 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

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.