Where does A10 Networks, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), A10 Networks, Incorporated ranks #2,284 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 A10 Networks, Incorporated hold?

A10 Networks, Incorporated holds 171 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is A10 Networks, Incorporated's Innovation Score?

A10 Networks, Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does A10 Networks, Incorporated focus on?

A10 Networks, Incorporated's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 168 patents, ranking #252 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is A10 Networks, Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

A10 Networks, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 A10 Networks, Incorporated's patents?

A10 Networks, Incorporated's patents average 19.9 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 A10 Networks, Incorporated 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

A10 Networks, Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 171 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, A10 ranks #2,284 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 171 patents across 7 technology areas.

#2,284
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2284 · US Corporation #2,284 · 171 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 171 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,284/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Caterpillar Sarl
CPC-NARROW H04L · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Caterpillar Sarl (±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 A10’s 39.5 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 17.8 pts (45%) Velocity 0.5 pts (1%) Breadth 9.4 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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A10 Networks… · this assignee

40
Coast Cutlery · near

40
Contrast · near

40
Natural Extraction… · near

40
Nico · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows A10's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 A10?

Each dot is one of A10’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). A10’s own 19.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

A10 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where A10's grants concentrate

A10 Networks, Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 98.2% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (36 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, A10 sits between Rite-Hite Holding Corporation and Graphcore Limited.

A10's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, A10 Networks, Incorporated moved from 73 to 5 grants (0.07x 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 #3,213. See the growth leaderboard.

Rite-hite Holding

172
Sulzer Management

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172
Xiamen Solex High…

172
Caterpillar Sarl

171
Church & Dwight

171
EV Group E Thalln…

171
Graphcore

171
A10 Networks Inco… ◀

171

What this shows A10 holds 171 patents at rank #2,284, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near A10

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,284 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in A10's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for A10, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), A10 ranks #252 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Coast Cutlery Co. 40 Nico Corporation 40 Contrast, Inc. 40 Natural Extraction Systems, LLC 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.9 here).

Shopify Inc. 19.9 avg Guest Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. 19.9 avg Open Text Corporation 19.9 avg Macrogenics, Inc. 19.9 avg

A10's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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A10 Networks, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	8.2%
2016	17	9.9%
2017	26	15.2%
2018	36	21.1%
2019	36	21.1%
2020	24	14.0%
2021	13	7.6%
2022	2	1.2%
2023	1	0.6%
2024	2	1.2%

Which technologies does A10 Networks, Incorporated patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 168

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 45

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 18

H04M - Telephonic Communication 9

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G11C - Static Stores 1

Top 7 of 7 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

A10 Networks, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

A10 Networks, Incorporated's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 98.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,284 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare A10 Networks, Incorporated against Rite-Hite Holding Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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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