Where does Brocade Communications Systems LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Brocade Communications Systems LLC ranks #1,588 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 Brocade Communications Systems LLC hold?

Brocade Communications Systems LLC holds 260 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Brocade Communications Systems LLC's Innovation Score?

Brocade Communications Systems LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.9 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Brocade Communications Systems LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Brocade Communications Systems LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Brocade Communications Systems LLC's patents?

Brocade Communications Systems LLC's patents average 20.5 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 Brocade Communications Systems 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

Brocade Communications Systems LLC

Q: What technology areas does Brocade Communications Systems LLC focus on?

Brocade Communications Systems LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 228 patents. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 260 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Brocade ranks #1,588 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 260 patents across 19 technology areas.

#1,588
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.9/100): 20.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1588 · US Corporation #1,588 · 260 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 260 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,588/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eagle Technology
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eagle Technology, LLC (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Qomplx · near

47
Ablynx · near

47
Brocade Communicatio… · this assignee

47
Denki Kagaku Kogyo · near

47
HP Scitex · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Brocade's Innovation Score is 46.9/100 (top 20% 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.

Where Brocade's grants concentrate

Brocade Communications Systems LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 87.7% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (78 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2019. By volume, Brocade sits between Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. and Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG.

Beth Israel Deaco…

261
Ememory Technology

261
Kyushu University…

261
Sharp Laboratorie…

261
Eagle Technology

260
Thermo Fisher Sci…

260
Brocade Communica… ◀

260
Apex Brands

259
Endress+Hauser Co…

259

What this shows Brocade holds 260 patents at rank #1,588, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Brocade

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,588 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Brocade, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Ablynx N.V. 47 HP Scitex Ltd. 47 Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 47 Qomplx LLC 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.5 here).

Varex Imaging Corporation 20.5 avg Science Applications International Corporation 20.5 avg Power Integrations, Inc. 20.5 avg Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. 20.5 avg

Brocade's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Brocade Communications Systems LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	72	27.7%
2016	72	27.7%
2017	78	30.0%
2018	35	13.5%
2019	3	1.2%

Which technologies does Brocade Communications Systems LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 228

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 54

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 28

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 12

H04Q - Selecting 11

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 10

H04B - Transmission 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

H04H - Broadcast Communication 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

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

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,588

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Brocade Communications Systems LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Brocade Communications Systems LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 87.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,588 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Brocade Communications Systems LLC against Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.9/100 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

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