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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Netskope, Inc. ranks #1,891 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 Netskope, Inc. hold?

Netskope, Inc. holds 213 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Netskope, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Netskope, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.9 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Netskope, Inc. focus on?

Netskope, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 186 patents, ranking #232 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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

Netskope, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1154% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Netskope, 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 Netskope, 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

Netskope, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 213 granted patents across 8 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, Netskope ranks #1,891 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 213 patents across 8 technology areas.

#1,891
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.9/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +1154%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1891 · US Corporation #1,891 · 213 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 213 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,891/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intelligrated…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1154% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intelligrated Headquarters, 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 Netskope’s 58.9 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 18.5 pts (31%) Velocity 18.7 pts (32%) Breadth 10.0 pts (17%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Afton Chemical · near

59
Netskope · this assignee

59
OneSubsea IP UK · near

59
Altec Industries · near

59
University of York · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Netskope's Innovation Score is 58.9/100 (top 4% 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 Netskope?

Each dot is one of Netskope’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). Netskope’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Netskope's grants concentrate

Netskope, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 87.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (46 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Netskope sits between Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC and nLIGHT, Inc..

Netskope's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Netskope, Inc. moved from 45 to 126 grants (2.80x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #95. See the growth leaderboard.

Intelligrated Hea…

213
Korea Atomic Ener…

213
LOS Alamos Nation…

213
MTD Products

213
Pratt Corrugated…

213
Robert Bosch Tool

213
Soliton

213
nlight

213
Netskope ◀

213

What this shows Netskope holds 213 patents at rank #1,891, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Netskope

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,891 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Netskope, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Netskope ranks #232 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

OneSubsea IP UK Limited 59 Altec Industries, Inc. 59 University of York 59 Afton Chemical Corporation 59

Similar claim depth

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

Itron, Inc. 19.6 avg Rambus Inc. 19.6 avg Riddell, Inc. 19.6 avg Insight Direct USA, Inc. 19.6 avg

Netskope's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Netskope, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	0.9%
2018	3	1.4%
2019	8	3.8%
2020	13	6.1%
2021	24	11.3%
2022	38	17.8%
2023	46	21.6%
2024	42	19.7%
2025partial year	37	17.4%

Which technologies does Netskope, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 186

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 105

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 32

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 19

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 11

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 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Netskope, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 87.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,891 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Netskope, Inc. against Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.9/100 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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