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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FireEye, Inc. ranks #1,489 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 FireEye, Inc. hold?

FireEye, Inc. holds 279 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is FireEye, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

FireEye, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.7 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does FireEye, Inc. focus on?

FireEye, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 233 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

FireEye, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -54% 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 FireEye, Inc.'s patents?

FireEye, Inc.'s patents average 32.3 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 FireEye, 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

FireEye, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 279 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fireeye ranks #1,489 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 279 patents across 12 technology areas.

#1,489
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.7/100): 32.3
avg claims per patent: -54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1489 · US Corporation #1,489 · 279 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 279 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,489/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Astrazeneca AB
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 32.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Astrazeneca AB (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FireEye · this assignee

47
HSG · near

47
Japan Cash Machine · near

47
Johnson Controls · near

47
Molecular Rebar Design · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fireeye's Innovation Score is 46.7/100 (top 20% 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.

Where Fireeye's grants concentrate

FireEye, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 83.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (63 grants) versus a trough of 21 in 2015. By volume, Fireeye sits between Senko Advanced Components, Inc. and Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd..

Senko Advanced Co…

280
THE Invention Sci…

280
Astrazeneca AB

279
Bridgestone Sports

279
Geotab

279
Rensselaer Polyte…

279
Teijin

279
Fireeye ◀

279
Amkor Technology…

278

What this shows FireEye holds 279 patents at rank #1,489, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FireEye

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,489 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for FireEye, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Johnson Controls, Inc. 47 Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd. 47 Molecular Rebar Design, LLC 47 HSG, LLC 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (32.3 here).

ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc. 32.1 avg Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc. 32.5 avg Juno Therapeutics, Inc. 32.5 avg Elwha LLC 32.6 avg

Fireeye's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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FireEye, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	7.5%
2016	30	10.8%
2017	49	17.6%
2018	48	17.2%
2019	43	15.4%
2020	63	22.6%
2021	25	9.0%

Which technologies does FireEye, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 233

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 206

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 23

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 12

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 3

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

B01D - Separation 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,489

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

FireEye, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 83.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,489 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FireEye, Inc. against Senko Advanced Components, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.7/100 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

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