Where does Aerohive Networks, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aerohive Networks, Inc. ranks #4,073 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 Aerohive Networks, Inc. hold?

Aerohive Networks, Inc. holds 88 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Aerohive Networks, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Aerohive Networks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Aerohive Networks, Inc. focus on?

Aerohive Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 63 patents, ranking #551 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Aerohive Networks, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Aerohive Networks, Inc.'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 Aerohive Networks, Inc.'s patents?

Aerohive Networks, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Aerohive Networks, 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

Aerohive Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 88 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aerohive ranks #4,073 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 88 patents across 7 technology areas.

#4,073
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4073 · US Corporation #4,073 · 88 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 88 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,073/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acres Technology
CPC-NARROW H04L · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acres Technology (±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 Aerohive’s 36.4 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 15.5 pts (43%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ablative Solutions · near

36
CommScope Telecommun… · near

36
Aerohive Networks · this assignee

36
Apator Miitors APS · near

36
Bitmain · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aerohive's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 47% 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 Aerohive?

Each dot is one of Aerohive’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). Aerohive’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Aerohive's grants concentrate

Aerohive Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 71.6% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (25 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2020. By volume, Aerohive sits between Vishay-Siliconix, LLC and Brady Worldwide, Inc..

Vishay-siliconix

89
Westrock MWV

89
Alderbio Holdings

88
Acres Technology

88
Altman Specialty…

88
American Air Liqu…

88
Blackhawk Network

88
Brady Worldwide

88
Aerohive Networks ◀

88

What this shows Aerohive holds 88 patents at rank #4,074, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aerohive

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,074 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Aerohive, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Aerohive ranks #551 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Bitmain Technologies Inc. 36 Apator Miitors APS 36 Ablative Solutions, Inc. 36 CommScope Telecommunications (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. 36

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Mallinckrodt LLC 19.2 avg Keysight Technologies Singapore (HOLDINGS) PTE. Ltd. 19.2 avg The George Washington University 19.2 avg Phytogen Seed Company, LLC 19.2 avg

Aerohive's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Aerohive Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	10.2%
2016	8	9.1%
2017	25	28.4%
2018	21	23.9%
2019	21	23.9%
2020	4	4.5%

Which technologies does Aerohive Networks, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 63

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 52

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 8

H04B - Transmission 7

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 3

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

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

Aerohive Networks, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Aerohive Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 71.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #4,073 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aerohive Networks, Inc. against Vishay-Siliconix, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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