Where does Big Switch Networks LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Big Switch Networks LLC ranks #8,986 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 Big Switch Networks LLC hold?

Big Switch Networks LLC holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Big Switch Networks LLC's Innovation Score?

Big Switch Networks LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.8 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Big Switch Networks LLC focus on?

Big Switch Networks LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 35 patents, ranking #886 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Big Switch Networks LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Big Switch Networks LLC's recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Big Switch Networks LLC's patents?

Big Switch Networks LLC's patents average 17.6 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 Big Switch Networks LLC 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

Big Switch Networks LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Big ranks #8,986 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 5 technology areas.

#8,986
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.8/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8986 · US Corporation #8,986 · 35 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #8,986/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Balanced Body
CPC-NARROW H04L · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Balanced Body, Inc. (±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 Big’s 30.8 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 12.4 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Big Switch Networks · this assignee

31
Graphtec · near

31
Litron Laboratories · near

31
Storart Technology · near

31
General Plastic… · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Big's Innovation Score is 30.8/100 (36th percentile 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 Big?

Each dot is one of Big’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). Big’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Big's grants concentrate

Big Switch Networks LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Big sits between Bridge Semiconductor Corp. and BlendJet Inc..

Bridge Semiconduc…

35
Balanced Body

35
Beijing Xiaomi In…

35
Benq Intelligent…

35
Binder

35
Biodesix

35
Bitron S p A

35
Blendjet

35
Big Switch Networ… ◀

35

What this shows Big holds 35 patents at rank #8,987, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Big

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,987 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Big, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Big ranks #886 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Storart Technology Co., Ltd. 31 Graphtec Corporation 31 Litron Laboratories, Ltd. 31 General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. 31

Big's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Big Switch Networks LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	17.1%
2016	5	14.3%
2017	8	22.9%
2018	4	11.4%
2019	7	20.0%
2020	3	8.6%
2021	2	5.7%

Which technologies does Big Switch Networks LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 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 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H04Q - Selecting 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 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

Big Switch Networks LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Big Switch Networks LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #8,986 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Big Switch Networks LLC against Bridge Semiconductor Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.8/100 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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