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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Netlist, Inc. ranks #5,233 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 Netlist, Inc. hold?

Netlist, Inc. holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Netlist, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Netlist, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.0 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Netlist, Inc. focus on?

Netlist, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 56 patents, ranking #884 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Netlist, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -3% 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 Netlist, Inc.'s patents?

Netlist, Inc.'s patents average 22.2 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 Netlist, 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

Netlist, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Netlist ranks #5,233 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 6 technology areas.

#5,233
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (42.0/100): 22.2
avg claims per patent: -3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5233 · US Corporation #5,233 · 66 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,233/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magseis FF
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magseis FF 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 Netlist’s 42.0 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 14.5 pts (35%) Velocity 5.5 pts (13%) Breadth 8.7 pts (21%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Genia · near

42
Bluebeam · near

42
Ezconn · near

42
Focke & ( & KG) · near

42
Netlist · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Netlist's Innovation Score is 42.0/100 (top 32% 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 Netlist?

Each dot is one of Netlist’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). Netlist’s own 22.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Netlist's grants concentrate

Netlist, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 84.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2016. By volume, Netlist sits between Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC and Orbis Corporation.

Netlist's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Netlist, Inc. moved from 22 to 18 grants (0.82x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Medtronic Ablatio…

66
Magseis FF

66
Mead Johnson Nutr…

66
Mobius Imaging

66
New Audio

66
Nexeon

66
Ningbo Geely Auto…

66
Orbis

66
Netlist ◀

66

What this shows Netlist holds 66 patents at rank #5,233, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Netlist

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,233 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Netlist, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Netlist ranks #884 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Ezconn Corporation 42 Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG) 42 Bluebeam, Inc. 42 Genia Technologies, Inc. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.2 here).

Brewer Science, Inc. 22.2 avg STAMPS.COM Inc. 22.2 avg Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. 22.2 avg Optasense Holdings Limited 22.2 avg

Netlist's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Netlist, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	7.6%
2016	4	6.1%
2017	6	9.1%
2018	6	9.1%
2019	10	15.2%
2020	4	6.1%
2021	8	12.1%
2022	7	10.6%
2023	4	6.1%
2024	7	10.6%
2025partial year	5	7.6%

Which technologies does Netlist, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 56

G11C - Static Stores 46

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 14

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Netlist, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 84.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #5,233 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Netlist, Inc. against Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.0/100 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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