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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Barefoot Networks, Inc. ranks #2,623 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 Barefoot Networks, Inc. hold?

Barefoot Networks, Inc. holds 148 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

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

Barefoot Networks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.5 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Barefoot Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 138 patents, ranking #285 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Barefoot Networks, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +94% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Barefoot Networks, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Barefoot 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

Barefoot Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 148 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Barefoot ranks #2,623 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 148 patents across 9 technology areas.

#2,623
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.5/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2623 · US Corporation #2,623 · 148 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 148 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,623/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ablynx
CPC-NARROW H04L · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ablynx N.V. (±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 Barefoot’s 42.5 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 17.3 pts (41%) Velocity 3.0 pts (7%) Breadth 10.6 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Barefoot Networks · this assignee

43
Horiba Instruments… · near

43
Sirona Dental Systems · near

43
Termax · near

43
Wi-Charge · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Barefoot's Innovation Score is 42.5/100 (top 30% 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 Barefoot?

Each dot is one of Barefoot’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). Barefoot’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Barefoot's grants concentrate

Barefoot Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 93.2% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (41 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Barefoot sits between Varjo Technologies 0y and FIH (HONG KONG) Limited.

Barefoot's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Barefoot Networks, Inc. moved from 82 to 37 grants (0.45x 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 #2,792. See the growth leaderboard.

Varjo 0y

149
ZIH

149
Ablynx

148
B Braun Avitum

148
Casale

148
Deutsches Zentrum…

148
Elo Touch Solutio…

148
FIH (HONG KONG)

148
Barefoot Networks ◀

148

What this shows Barefoot holds 148 patents at rank #2,623, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Barefoot

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,623 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Barefoot, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Barefoot ranks #285 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 43 Horiba Instruments Incorporated 43 Wi-Charge Ltd. 43 Termax Company 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

Paige.AI, Inc. 19.4 avg Saluda Medical Pty Ltd 19.4 avg SPR Therapeutics, Inc. 19.4 avg FloDesign Sonics, Inc. 19.4 avg

Barefoot's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Barefoot Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	0.7%
2017	2	1.4%
2018	19	12.8%
2019	26	17.6%
2020	41	27.7%
2021	15	10.1%
2022	21	14.2%
2023	12	8.1%
2024	4	2.7%
2025partial year	7	4.7%

Which technologies does Barefoot Networks, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 138

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 58

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 15

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 6

G11C - Static Stores 6

H03K - Pulse Technique 5

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 5

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Barefoot Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 93.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,623 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Barefoot Networks, Inc. against Varjo Technologies 0y, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.5/100 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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