Where does NetScout Systems Texas, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NetScout Systems Texas, LLC ranks #7,896 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 Texas, LLC hold?

NetScout Systems Texas, LLC holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is NetScout Systems Texas, LLC's Innovation Score?

NetScout Systems Texas, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.7 out of 100 (top 35% 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 Texas, LLC focus on?

NetScout Systems Texas, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 26 patents, ranking #1,104 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is NetScout Systems Texas, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NetScout Systems Texas, LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 NetScout Systems Texas, LLC's patents?

NetScout Systems Texas, LLC's patents average 15.7 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 Texas, LLC 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 Texas, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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 #7,896 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 11 technology areas.

#7,896
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.7/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7896 · US Corporation #7,896 · 41 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,896/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nasuni
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nasuni Corporation (±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 40.7 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 12.9 pts (32%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 11.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Artisan Vehicle… · near

41
Evolutive Labs · near

41
ITE Tech · near

41
Lasertec · near

41
NetScout Systems Texas · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Netscout's Innovation Score is 40.7/100 (top 35% 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 15.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Netscout's grants concentrate

NetScout Systems Texas, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 63.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Netscout sits between Nasuni Corporation and Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited.

Netscout's three-year grant acceleration

NetScout Systems Texas, LLC shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Nasuni

41
National Universi…

41
Natron Energy

41
Netiq

41
Nuvolta (Hefei)

41
OL Security Liabi…

41
Oetiker NY

41
Oliver Crispin Ro…

41
Netscout Systems… ◀

41

What this shows NetScout holds 41 patents at rank #7,898, 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 #7,898 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 #1,104 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Artisan Vehicle Systems, Inc. 41 ITE Tech. Inc. 41 Lasertec Corporation 41 Evolutive Labs Co., Ltd. 41

Netscout's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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NetScout Systems Texas, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	7.3%
2017	7	17.1%
2018	9	22.0%
2019	7	17.1%
2020	2	4.9%
2021	1	2.4%
2022	2	4.9%
2023	3	7.3%
2024	5	12.2%
2025partial year	2	4.9%

Which technologies does NetScout Systems Texas, LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 26

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

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 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

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 1

H04H - Broadcast Communication 1

H04B - Transmission 1

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

Top 11 of 11 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 Texas, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NetScout Systems Texas, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 63.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #7,896 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NetScout Systems Texas, LLC against Nasuni Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.7/100 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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