Overall rank by patents
#2,329
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 168 granted patents across 34 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H04L (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION).
The verdict
Intellectual holds 168 US patents across 34 technology areas, rank #2,329 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Intellectual Ventures II Llc has been granted 168 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Intellectual Ventures II Llc at rank #2,329 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 34 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 20.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04L (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION). As a US Corporation, Intellectual Ventures II Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Intellectual sits between Erbe Elektromedizin Gmbh (168 patents, rank #2,325) and Netronome Systems, Inc. (168 patents, rank #2,333) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 56.8/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 66 grants, compared with 102 in the 2015–2019 window, a -35% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Intellectual Ventures II Llc's 20.2 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while a multi-domain presence across 34 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Intellectual Ventures II Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
168 patents
Extreme Networks, Inc.
168 patents
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
168 patents
Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
168 patents
KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
168 patents
Magna Exteriors Inc.
168 patents
NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
168 patents
Netronome Systems, Inc.
168 patents
Intellectual Ventures II LLC
168 patents
What this shows Intellectual holds 168 patents at rank #2,329, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,329 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Intellectual's primary technology class.
Intellectual's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | 14.3% |
| 2016 | 24 | 14.3% |
| 2017 | 16 | 9.5% |
| 2018 | 22 | 13.1% |
| 2019 | 16 | 9.5% |
| 2020 | 8 | 4.8% |
| 2021 | 14 | 8.3% |
| 2022 | 14 | 8.3% |
| 2023 | 9 | 5.4% |
| 2024 | 13 | 7.7% |
| 2025 | 8 | 4.8% |
Top 15 of 34 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,329
Across all tracked assignees
56.8 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Intellectual's 168 grants land it in the top 6% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.