Adtran Patents – Key Insights and Stats

Adtran has a total of 1580 patents globally, out of which 1227 have been granted. Of these 1580 patents, more than 67% patents are active. The United States of America is where Adtran has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Germany. Parallelly, The United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D center and also USA is the origin country of Adtran.

Adtran was founded in 1985. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services a variety of high-speed digital transmission products. The Company’s products are used by telephone companies and corporate end-users to implement advanced digital data services over existing telephone networks. Company also offers a line of multiplexers which provides modular flexibility.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of Adtran which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Adtran patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Adtran patent portfolio.

How many patents does the Founder and CEO of Adtran have?

The Founders Lonnie McMillian has 180 patent and Mark C. Smith has 84 and the CEO Tom Stanton have 3 patents.

How many patents does Adtran have?

Adtran has a total of 1580 patents globally. These patents belong to 954 unique patent families. Out of 1580 patents, 1073 patents are active.

How Many Patents did Adtran File Every Year?

Adtran Patent Filing Trend

Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.

Year of Patents Filing or GrantAdtran Applications FiledAdtran Patents Granted
202321
20221838
20214365
20203979
20195292
201873128
201781113
20166986
20159167
201470104
20138476
201211842

How many Adtran patents are Alive/Dead?

Worldwide Patents

Adtran Patent Portfolio

 How Many Patents did Adtran File in Different Countries?

Adtran Worldwide Patent Filing

 Countries in which Adtran Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America760
Europe296
Germany261
Austria50
Australia30
Canada14
Japan12
Korea (South)10
China10
India5
Mexico4
Israel2
United Kingdom2
Spain1
Denmark1
Hong Kong (S.A.R.)1

Where are Research Centers of Adtran Patents Located?

R&D Centers of Adtran

 10 Best Adtran Patents

US7042988B2 is the most popular patent in the Adtran portfolio. It has received 555 citations so far from companies like Nokia, Cisco Technology and Samsung.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Adtran:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US7042988B2555
US6647428B1295
US7391771B2189
US7260638B2186
US20060234678A1162
US6543286B2138
US6643269B1127
US6680912B1106
US6687235B1103
US7126937B2100

How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to Adtran patents?

The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to Adtran invention. They couldn’t because Adtran had protected those before them.

Examiners at the USPTO referred 310 Adtran patents in 1473 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).

The top citing companies in the Adtran patent portfolio are Cisco Technology, Huawei and Fujitsu.

List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing Adtran –

CompanyNumber of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing Adtran PatentsNumber of Rejections (102 & 103)
Cisco Technology2040
Huawei1933
Fujitsu1732
Wells Fargo Bank1731
Avago Technologies1631
Marvell Asia1425
Qualcomm1236
Microsoft1226
Ericsson1228
Hewlett Packard Enterprise1216

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Adtran Patents

Top Adtran Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US7042988B226
US7126937B218
US7146636B218
US20050281392A114
US7260638B212
US8305882B210
US6741603B29
US8358934B28
US6798941B28
US6728209B26
US8565235B25
US9294212B25
US9319317B15
US8891965B25
US8411696B15

What Percentage of Adtran US Patent Applications were Granted?

Adtran (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 569 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 512 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 92.75%.

Below are the key stats of Adtran patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Adtran?

Law FirmTotal ApplicationsSuccess Rate
Maynard Cooper & Gale16998.80%
Add G 2797516391.41%
Fish & Richardson9996.81%
Smith Tempel Blaha3177.42%
Lerner Greenberg Stemer1794.12%
Brundidge & Stanger1457.14%
Maynard Cooper & Gale10100.00%
Sawyer Law Group8100.00%
Christopher F Regan Esquire771.43%
Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne7100.00%

What are Adtran key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Adtran?

The chart below distributes patents filed by Adtran in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Adtran thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has Adtran search focus changed over the years?

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