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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NetScout Systems, Inc. ranks #4,094 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 NetScout Systems, Inc. hold?

NetScout Systems, Inc. holds 88 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

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

NetScout Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.6 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NetScout Systems, Inc. focus on?

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 68 patents, ranking #513 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +45% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for NetScout Systems, Inc.'s patents?

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s patents average 18.1 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 NetScout 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

NetScout Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 88 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, Netscout ranks #4,094 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 88 patents across 13 technology areas.

#4,094
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4094 · US Corporation #4,094 · 88 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 88 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,094/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Liko Research &…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Liko Research & Development 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.

How Netscout’s 43.6 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 15.5 pts (36%) Velocity 4.5 pts (10%) Breadth 12.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Harmonic Drive Systems · near

44
HNI · near

44
NetScout Systems · this assignee

44
Scholle IPN · near

44
Takara Bio USA · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Netscout's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (top 28% 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 Netscout?

Each dot is one of Netscout’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). Netscout’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Netscout's grants concentrate

NetScout Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 77.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Netscout sits between Liko Research & Development AB and Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd..

Netscout's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, NetScout Systems, Inc. moved from 34 to 23 grants (0.68x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Liko Research & D…

88
Luminex

88
Magna Seating

88
Nissin Kogyo

88
O2micro

88
Purecircle Sdn Bhd

88
Qatar Foundation…

88
Ricoh Imaging

88
Netscout Systems ◀

88

What this shows NetScout holds 88 patents at rank #4,095, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NetScout

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,095 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NetScout, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), NetScout ranks #513 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. 44 Takara Bio USA, Inc. 44 Scholle IPN Corporation 44 HNI Technologies Inc. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Chatsworth Products, Inc. 18.1 avg ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG 18.1 avg Beijing Sensetime Technology Development Co., Ltd 18.1 avg Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch 18.1 avg

Netscout's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% 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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NetScout Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	5.7%
2016	1	1.1%
2017	2	2.3%
2018	11	12.5%
2019	12	13.6%
2020	12	13.6%
2021	10	11.4%
2022	5	5.7%
2023	11	12.5%
2024	7	8.0%
2025partial year	12	13.6%

Which technologies does NetScout Systems, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 68

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 36

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

H04M - Telephonic Communication 6

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 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

H04Q - Selecting 1

H04B - Transmission 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

NetScout Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 77.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #4,094 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NetScout Systems, Inc. against Liko Research & Development AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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.

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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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