Where does Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. ranks #10,681 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 Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. hold?

Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.3 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. focus on?

Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 19 patents, ranking #688 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc.'s patents?

Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc.'s patents average 18.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc.

Q: How is the Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics 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 PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mellanox ranks #10,681 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 10 technology areas.

#10,681
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.3/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10681 · US Corporation #10,681 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,681/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Luxembourg Patent
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Luxembourg Patent Company S.A. (±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 Mellanox’s 34.3 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 11.7 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Camco Manufacturing · near

34
FCI Asia Pte · near

34
Imds · near

34
Mellanox Silicon… · this assignee

34
Trodat · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mellanox's Innovation Score is 34.3/100 (47th percentile 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 Mellanox?

Each dot is one of Mellanox’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). Mellanox’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mellanox's grants concentrate

Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 65.5% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Mellanox sits between Luxembourg Patent Company S.A. and Molo Design, Ltd..

Luxembourg Patent

29
Magna Powertrain…

29
Matscitechno Lice…

29
Mbte Holdings Swe…

29
Metropolitan Life…

29
Micware

29
Milgard Manufactu…

29
Molo Design

29
Mellanox Silicon… ◀

29

What this shows Mellanox holds 29 patents at rank #10,679, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mellanox

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,679 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mellanox, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Mellanox ranks #688 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Trodat GmbH 34 Imds LLC 34 FCI Asia Pte, Ltd. 34 Camco Manufacturing, LLC 34

Mellanox's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	13.8%
2017	9	31.0%
2018	7	24.1%
2019	7	24.1%
2020	2	6.9%

Which technologies does Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 19

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 14

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 7

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H04B - Transmission 1

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 65.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #10,681 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mellanox Technologies Silicon Photonics Inc. against Luxembourg Patent Company S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.3/100 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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