Where does WhiteStar Communications, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), WhiteStar Communications, Inc. ranks #9,164 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 WhiteStar Communications, Inc. hold?

WhiteStar Communications, Inc. holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is WhiteStar Communications, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

WhiteStar Communications, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.5 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does WhiteStar Communications, Inc. focus on?

WhiteStar Communications, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 33 patents, ranking #922 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is WhiteStar Communications, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for WhiteStar Communications, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for WhiteStar Communications, Inc.'s patents?

WhiteStar Communications, Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 WhiteStar Communications, 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

WhiteStar Communications, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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, Whitestar ranks #9,164 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 6 technology areas.

#9,164
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.5/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9164 · US Corporation #9,164 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,164/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH enVerid Systems
CPC-NARROW H04L · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: enVerid Systems, 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 Whitestar’s 52.5 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 12.4 pts (24%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 8.7 pts (17%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cellares · near

52
KOA · near

52
Tenstorrent · near

52
WhiteStar Communicat… · this assignee

52
Wuhan University OF… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Whitestar's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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 Whitestar?

Each dot is one of Whitestar’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). Whitestar’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Whitestar's grants concentrate

WhiteStar Communications, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 94.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Whitestar sits between Wisol Co., Ltd. and enVerid Systems, Inc..

Whitestar's three-year grant acceleration

WhiteStar Communications, Inc. shows 32 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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35
Zenithen USA

35
enverid Systems

35
Whitestar Communi… ◀

35

What this shows WhiteStar holds 35 patents at rank #9,165, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near WhiteStar

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,165 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for WhiteStar, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), WhiteStar ranks #922 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Tenstorrent Inc. 52 Wuhan University OF Science AND Technology 52 KOA Corporation 52 Cellares Corporation 52

Whitestar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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WhiteStar Communications, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	2.9%
2022	4	11.4%
2023	9	25.7%
2024	19	54.3%
2025partial year	2	5.7%

Which technologies does WhiteStar Communications, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 33

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G16Y - Information AND Communication Technology Specially Adapted FOR THE Internet OF Things [IoT] 1

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

Top 6 of 6 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

WhiteStar Communications, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

WhiteStar Communications, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 94.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #9,164 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare WhiteStar Communications, Inc. against Wisol Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.5/100 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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