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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), F5 Networks, Inc. ranks #1,873 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 Networks, Inc. hold?

F5 Networks, Inc. holds 214 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is F5 Networks, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

F5 Networks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 35% 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 Networks, Inc. focus on?

F5 Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 191 patents, ranking #221 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

F5 Networks, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -70% 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 F5 Networks, Inc.'s patents?

F5 Networks, Inc.'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 F5 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

F5 Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 214 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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 #1,873 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 214 patents across 7 technology areas.

#1,873
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 20.5
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1873 · US Corporation #1,873 · 214 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 214 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,873/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AWI Licensing
CPC-NARROW H04L · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AWI Licensing 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.

How F5’s 40.5 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 18.6 pts (46%) Velocity 0.3 pts (1%) Breadth 9.4 pts (23%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
F5 Networks · this assignee

41
McMaster-Carr Supply · near

41
MicroCube · near

41
Robertson Intellectu… · near

41
YELLOWPAGES COM · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows F5's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 35% 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 20.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 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 Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 89.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (44 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, F5 sits between Westerngeco L.L.C. and MKS Instruments, Inc..

F5's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, F5 Networks, Inc. moved from 73 to 3 grants (0.04x 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 #3,240. See the growth leaderboard.

Westerngeco L L C

215
Zoetis Services

215
AWI Licensing

214
Darfon

214
Glaxosmithkline I…

214
Grundfos Holding…

214
Johnson Electric…

214
MKS Instruments

214
F5 Networks ◀

214

What this shows F5 holds 214 patents at rank #1,873, 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 #1,873 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 #221 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Robertson Intellectual Properties, LLC 41 McMaster-Carr Supply Company 41 MicroCube, LLC 41 YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC 40

Similar claim depth

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

Isco International, LLC 20.5 avg LMK Technologies, LLC 20.5 avg Rapidsos, Inc. 20.5 avg Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc. 20.5 avg

F5's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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F5 Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	44	20.6%
2016	30	14.0%
2017	35	16.4%
2018	29	13.6%
2019	27	12.6%
2020	18	8.4%
2021	28	13.1%
2022	3	1.4%

Which technologies does F5 Networks, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 191

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 72

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 17

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

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 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

F5 Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 89.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,873 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare F5 Networks, Inc. against Westerngeco L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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