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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Arista Networks, Inc. ranks #630 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 Arista Networks, Inc. hold?

Arista Networks, Inc. holds 706 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

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

Arista Networks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 66.2 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Arista Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 584 patents, ranking #90 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

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

Arista Networks, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +360% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Arista Networks, Inc.'s patents average 19.5 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 Arista 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

Arista Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 706 granted patents across 42 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, Arista ranks #630 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 706 patents across 42 technology areas.

#630
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.2/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: +360%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R630 · US Corporation #630 · 706 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 706 grants
TOP-DECILE #630/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allegro MicroSystems
CPC-WIDE H04L · 42 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +360% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC (±2 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 Arista’s 66.2 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 22.7 pts (34%) Velocity 9.0 pts (14%) Breadth 22.9 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arista Networks · this assignee

66
Philip Morris Products · near

66
Singular Genomics… · near

66
Carl Zeiss SMT · near

66
University of… · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Arista's Innovation Score is 66.2/100 (top 1% 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 Arista?

Each dot is one of Arista’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). Arista’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Arista's grants concentrate

Arista Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 82.7% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (121 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2015. By volume, Arista sits between NEW York University and Alarm.com Incorporated.

Arista's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Arista Networks, Inc. moved from 237 to 319 grants (1.35x 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 #584. See the growth leaderboard.

NEW York Universi…

709
Allegro Microsyst…

708
Dexcom

708
Krones

708
Arista Networks ◀

706
DOW Agrosciences

704
Toppan Printing

704
Rakuten Group

703
Alarm com Incorpo…

702

What this shows Arista holds 706 patents at rank #630, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Arista

By rank, the assignees closest to #630 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Arista, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Arista ranks #90 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Philip Morris Products S.A. 66 Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. 66 Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH 66 University of Virginia Patent Foundation 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.5 here).

Qorvo US, Inc. 19.5 avg Brigham Young University 19.5 avg Tectus Corporation 19.5 avg Hill Phoenix, Inc. 19.5 avg

Arista's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Arista Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	0.7%
2016	15	2.1%
2017	25	3.5%
2018	26	3.7%
2019	41	5.8%
2020	98	13.9%
2021	98	13.9%
2022	121	17.1%
2023	108	15.3%
2024	90	12.7%
2025partial year	79	11.2%

Which technologies does Arista Networks, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 584

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 142

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 35

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 33

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 30

H04B - Transmission 24

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 15

H04J - Multiplex Communication 15

H04Q - Selecting 14

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 13

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 8

G11C - Static Stores 8

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 7

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 6

Top 15 of 42 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

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

Arista Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 82.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #630 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Arista Networks, Inc. against NEW York University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.2/100 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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