Where does Netronome Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Netronome Systems, Inc. ranks #2,332 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 Netronome Systems, Inc. hold?

Netronome Systems, Inc. holds 168 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Netronome Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Netronome Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.2 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Netronome Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -95% 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 Netronome Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Netronome Systems, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Netronome Systems, 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

Netronome Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Netronome Systems, Inc. focus on?

Netronome Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 105 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 168 granted patents across 13 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Netronome ranks #2,332 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 168 patents across 13 technology areas.

#2,332
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.2/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2332 · US Corporation #2,332 · 168 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 168 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,332/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intellectual…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intellectual Ventures II 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agjunction · near

42
Embarcadero · near

42
Kanto Kagaku · near

42
Netronome Systems · this assignee

42
Rapid Medical · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Netronome's Innovation Score is 42.2/100 (top 31% 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 Netronome's grants concentrate

Netronome Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (49 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Netronome sits between Intellectual Ventures II LLC and Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited.

Intellectual Vent…

168
Korea Research In…

168
Magna Exteriors

168
NLT

168
Oerlikon Surface…

168
Research Foundati…

168
Sanden

168
Techtronic Floor…

168
Netronome Systems ◀

168

What this shows Netronome holds 168 patents at rank #2,333, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Netronome

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,333 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Agjunction LLC 42 Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. 42 Rapid Medical Ltd. 42 Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

UAB 360 IT 19.6 avg Oath Inc. 19.6 avg Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. 19.6 avg Altera Corporation 19.6 avg

Netronome's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% 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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Netronome Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	28	16.7%
2016	39	23.2%
2017	49	29.2%
2018	26	15.5%
2019	17	10.1%
2020	6	3.6%
2021	2	1.2%
2025partial year	1	0.6%

Which technologies does Netronome Systems, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 105

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 104

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 11

H04B - Transmission 5

G11C - Static Stores 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 3

H04Q - Selecting 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

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 1

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,332

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

42.2 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

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

Netronome Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,332 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Netronome Systems, Inc. against Intellectual Ventures II LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.2/100 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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