Where does F5, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), F5, Inc. ranks #6,645 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 F5, Inc. hold?

F5, Inc. holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is F5, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

F5, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.2 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does F5, Inc. focus on?

F5, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 46 patents, ranking #698 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is F5, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for F5, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for F5, Inc.'s patents?

F5, Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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 F5, 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

F5, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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, F5 ranks #6,645 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 6 technology areas.

#6,645
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.2/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6645 · US Corporation #6,645 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,645/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Damaka
CPC-NARROW H04L · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Damaka, 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 F5’s 53.2 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 13.6 pts (26%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 8.7 pts (16%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Centre Hospitalier… · near

53
Chroma ATE · near

53
F5 · this assignee

53
Ohio State University · near

53
STMicroelectronics… · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows F5's Innovation Score is 53.2/100 (top 9% 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 F5?

Each dot is one of F5’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). F5’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

F5 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where F5's grants concentrate

F5, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 92% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (18 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2024. By volume, F5 sits between Dana Motion Systems Italia S.R.L. and FUNDACIÓ Institut DE Ciencies FOTÒNIQUES.

F5's three-year grant acceleration

F5, Inc. shows 40 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Dana Motion Syste…

50
Damaka

50
Dyne Therapeutics

50
European Space Ag…

50
Fluid Handling

50
Focaltech Systems

50
Formosa Plastics

50
FundaciÓ Institut…

50
F5 ◀

50

What this shows F5 holds 50 patents at rank #6,645, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near F5

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,645 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in F5's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for F5, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), F5 ranks #698 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Ohio State University 53 STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd. 53 Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest 53 Chroma ATE Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Cenovus Energy Inc. 18.2 avg Jade Bird Display (Shanghai) Limited 18.2 avg International Rectifier Corporation 18.2 avg MobiTV, Inc. 18.2 avg

F5's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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F5, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	18	36.0%
2023	12	24.0%
2024	10	20.0%
2025partial year	10	20.0%

Which technologies does F5, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 46

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

F5, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

F5, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 92% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #6,645 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare F5, Inc. against Dana Motion Systems Italia S.R.L., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.2/100 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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