Where does Cisco Technology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cisco Technology, Inc. ranks #30 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 Cisco Technology, Inc. hold?

Cisco Technology, Inc. holds 10,299 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 151 technology areas.

What is Cisco Technology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cisco Technology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 74.3 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 Cisco Technology, Inc. focus on?

Cisco Technology, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 7,502 patents, ranking #7 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 151 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cisco Technology, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cisco Technology, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -2% 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 Cisco Technology, Inc.'s patents?

Cisco Technology, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Cisco Technology, 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

Cisco Technology, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10,299 granted patents across 151 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, Cisco ranks #30 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10,299 patents across 151 technology areas.

#30
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (74.3/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30 · US Corporation #30 · 10,299 grants

GRANTS-MEGA · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MEGA 10K grants
TOP-DECILE #30/49,997
CLEAR-GAP Ricoh
CPC-WIDE H04L · 151 areas
INNOV-STRONG 74.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (±76 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 Cisco’s 74.3 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 31.9 pts (43%) Velocity 5.9 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sony Semiconductor… · near

74
Cisco Technology · this assignee

74
BOE Technology Group · near

74
Argo AI · near

74
Rovi Guides · near

74
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cisco's Innovation Score is 74.3/100 (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 Cisco?

Each dot is one of Cisco’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). Cisco’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Cisco's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Cisco Technology, Inc. received 4,759 grants versus 4,844 in 2015–2019 (-2% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 1,070 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 852. Lead class H04L accounts for 72.8% of the portfolio across 151 subclasses. Volume neighbours: The Boeing Company (#26) and SK hynix Inc. (#34).

Cisco's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Cisco Technology, Inc. moved from 3,096 to 2,722 grants (0.88x 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 #1,557. See the growth leaderboard.

The Boeing

11,922
Robert Bosch

11,869
GM Global Technol…

11,736
Nike

10,487
Cisco Technology ◀

10,299
Ricoh

10,223
Dell Products

10,222
Texas Instruments…

9,915
SK hynix

9,830

What this shows Cisco holds 10,299 patents at rank #30, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cisco

By rank, the assignees closest to #30 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cisco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Cisco ranks #7 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (74 here).

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation 74 BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. 74 Rovi Guides, Inc. 74 Argo AI, LLC 74

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Marvell International Ltd. 19.2 avg Adeia Guides Inc. 19.2 avg Cox Communications, Inc. 19.2 avg Z124 19.2 avg

Cisco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

74 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.

View data table

Cisco Technology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	979	9.5%
2016	982	9.5%
2017	972	9.4%
2018	852	8.3%
2019	1,059	10.3%
2020	1,070	10.4%
2021	967	9.4%
2022	931	9.0%
2023	919	8.9%
2024	872	8.5%
2025partial year	696	6.8%

Which technologies does Cisco Technology, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7,502

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2,433

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2,291

H04B - Transmission 653

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 604

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 550

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 347

H04M - Telephonic Communication 295

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 266

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 246

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 233

H04J - Multiplex Communication 230

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 169

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 120

H04Q - Selecting 116

Top 15 of 151 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Cisco Technology, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cisco Technology, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 72.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #30 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cisco Technology, Inc. against The Boeing Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 74.3/100 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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