Where does Equinix, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Equinix, Inc. ranks #2,420 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 Equinix, Inc. hold?

Equinix, Inc. holds 161 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Equinix, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Equinix, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 56.5 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Equinix, Inc. focus on?

Equinix, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 118 patents, ranking #333 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

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

Equinix, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +104% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Equinix, 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 Equinix, 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

Equinix, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 161 granted patents across 34 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, Equinix ranks #2,420 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 161 patents across 34 technology areas.

#2,420
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.5/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: +104%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2420 · US Corporation #2,420 · 161 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 161 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,420/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AOl
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +104% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AOl (±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 Equinix’s 56.5 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 17.6 pts (31%) Velocity 6.6 pts (12%) Breadth 20.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Samyang Holdings · near

56
Shanjin Optoelectron… · near

56
THE School Kansai… · near

56
West Virginia… · near

56
Equinix · this assignee

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Equinix's Innovation Score is 56.5/100 (top 6% 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 Equinix?

Each dot is one of Equinix’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). Equinix’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Equinix's grants concentrate

Equinix, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 73.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (27 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Equinix sits between Thomas & Betts International LLC and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd..

Equinix's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Equinix, Inc. moved from 62 to 61 grants (0.98x 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 #1,224. See the growth leaderboard.

Thomas & Betts In…

162
Aol

161
Astellas Pharma

161
Elenion

161
Graham Packaging

161
HCL

161
ISP Investments

161
Mitsubishi Heavy…

161
Equinix ◀

161

What this shows Equinix holds 161 patents at rank #2,420, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Equinix

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,420 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Equinix, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Equinix ranks #333 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

West Virginia University 56 Samyang Holdings Corporation 56 THE School Corporation Kansai University 56 Shanjin Optoelectronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 56

Similar claim depth

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

People.ai, Inc. 19.5 avg Adobe Systems Incorporated 19.5 avg Asml Netherlands B.V. 19.5 avg Juniper Networks, Inc. 19.5 avg

Equinix's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Equinix, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	1.2%
2016	2	1.2%
2017	6	3.7%
2018	19	11.8%
2019	21	13.0%
2020	27	16.8%
2021	14	8.7%
2022	20	12.4%
2023	25	15.5%
2024	16	9.9%
2025partial year	9	5.6%

Which technologies does Equinix, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 118

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 63

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 21

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 11

H04J - Multiplex Communication 11

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 10

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 10

H04Q - Selecting 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 2

Top 15 of 34 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

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

Equinix, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,420 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Equinix, Inc. against Thomas & Betts International LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.5/100 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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