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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Arbor Networks, Inc. ranks #3,832 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 Arbor Networks, Inc. hold?

Arbor Networks, Inc. holds 94 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

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

Arbor Networks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.0 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Arbor Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 91 patents, ranking #418 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Arbor Networks, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Arbor Networks, Inc.'s patents?

Arbor Networks, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Arbor 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

Arbor Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 94 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Arbor ranks #3,832 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 94 patents across 5 technology areas.

#3,832
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.0/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3832 · US Corporation #3,832 · 94 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 94 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,832/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adesto
CPC-NARROW H04L · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adesto Technologies Corporation (±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 Arbor’s 45.0 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 15.7 pts (35%) Velocity 11.4 pts (25%) Breadth 7.9 pts (18%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arbor Networks · this assignee

45
Fairfield Industries… · near

45
Icom Incorporated · near

45
Jiangsu Zhongheng… · near

45
PrimeWan · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Arbor's Innovation Score is 45.0/100 (top 24% 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 Arbor?

Each dot is one of Arbor’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). Arbor’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Arbor's grants concentrate

Arbor Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 96.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (17 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2017. By volume, Arbor sits between Shenzhen Skyworth-rgb Electronic Co., Ltd. and Cygames, Inc..

Arbor's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Arbor Networks, Inc. moved from 24 to 41 grants (1.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Shenzhen Skyworth…

95
Sanmina

95
Woodwelding

95
u-blox

95
Adesto

94
Bertec

94
Butamax Advanced…

94
Cygames

94
Arbor Networks ◀

94

What this shows Arbor holds 94 patents at rank #3,831, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Arbor

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,831 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Arbor, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Arbor ranks #418 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Icom Incorporated 45 Fairfield Industries Incorporated 45 Jiangsu Zhongheng PET Articles Joint-stock Co., Ltd. 45 PrimeWan Limited 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.6 here).

Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites, Inc. 16.6 avg THE University OF Ottawa 16.6 avg SnapTrack, Inc. 16.6 avg Mastercard ASIA/PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. 16.6 avg

Arbor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Arbor Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	6.4%
2016	5	5.3%
2017	4	4.3%
2018	7	7.4%
2019	7	7.4%
2020	7	7.4%
2021	10	10.6%
2022	15	16.0%
2023	9	9.6%
2024	17	18.1%
2025partial year	7	7.4%

Which technologies does Arbor Networks, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 91

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 9

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Arbor Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 96.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #3,832 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Arbor Networks, Inc. against Shenzhen Skyworth-rgb Electronic Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.0/100 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

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