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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Extreme Networks, Inc. ranks #2,326 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 Extreme Networks, Inc. hold?

Extreme Networks, Inc. holds 168 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

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

Extreme Networks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.6 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Extreme Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 142 patents, ranking #278 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

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

Extreme Networks, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +4% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Extreme 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 Extreme 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

Extreme Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 168 granted patents across 14 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, Extreme ranks #2,326 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 168 patents across 14 technology areas.

#2,326
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2326 · US Corporation #2,326 · 168 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 168 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,326/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FOR Imaging
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Electronics FOR Imaging, 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 Extreme’s 44.6 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 17.7 pts (40%) Velocity 2.0 pts (4%) Breadth 13.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asmo · near

45
ATS Automation… · near

45
Extreme Networks · this assignee

45
Xencor · near

45
Duelight · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Extreme's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% 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 Extreme?

Each dot is one of Extreme’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). Extreme’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Extreme's grants concentrate

Extreme Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 84.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (35 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2022. By volume, Extreme sits between Sunbeam Products, Inc. and Korea Research Institute OF Bioscience AND Biotechnology.

Extreme's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Extreme Networks, Inc. moved from 76 to 23 grants (0.30x 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 #2,995. See the growth leaderboard.

Sunbeam Products

169
THE Children's Ho…

169
FOR Imaging

168
Erbe Elektromediz…

168
General Electric…

168
Ingersoll-rand In…

168
Intellectual Vent…

168
Korea Research In…

168
Extreme Networks ◀

168

What this shows Extreme holds 168 patents at rank #2,326, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Extreme

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,326 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Extreme, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Extreme ranks #278 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Asmo Co., Ltd. 45 Xencor, Inc. 45 ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. 45 Duelight LLC 45

Similar claim depth

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

Comscore, Inc. 19.4 avg Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc. 19.4 avg Twitter, Inc. 19.4 avg Riverbed Technology LLC 19.4 avg

Extreme's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Extreme Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	4.2%
2016	8	4.8%
2017	20	11.9%
2018	25	14.9%
2019	18	10.7%
2020	35	20.8%
2021	23	13.7%
2022	4	2.4%
2023	12	7.1%
2024	7	4.2%
2025partial year	9	5.4%

Which technologies does Extreme Networks, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 142

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 42

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 23

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 12

H04B - Transmission 10

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 6

H04Q - Selecting 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

H04J - Multiplex Communication 3

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 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 14 of 14 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

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

Extreme Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 84.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,326 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Extreme Networks, Inc. against Sunbeam Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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

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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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