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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nicira, Inc. ranks #450 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 Nicira, Inc. hold?

Nicira, Inc. holds 1,011 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Nicira, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nicira, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nicira, Inc. focus on?

Nicira, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 981 patents, ranking #51 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nicira, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +3% 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 Nicira, Inc.'s patents?

Nicira, Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 Nicira, 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

Nicira, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,011 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, Nicira ranks #450 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,011 patents across 13 technology areas.

#450
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: +3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R450 · US Corporation #450 · 1,011 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 1.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #450/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allstate Insurance
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allstate Insurance Company (±1 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 Nicira’s 51.2 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 23.9 pts (47%) Velocity 2.6 pts (5%) Breadth 12.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chervon (HK) · near

51
Labrador Diagnostics · near

51
Nicira · this assignee

51
Regalo International · near

51
Umm-Al-Qura University · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nicira's Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% 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 Nicira?

Each dot is one of Nicira’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). Nicira’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nicira's grants concentrate

Nicira, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 97% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (189 grants) versus a trough of 36 in 2024. By volume, Nicira sits between Kobe Steel Ltd. and Nidec Corporation.

Nicira's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nicira, Inc. moved from 496 to 195 grants (0.39x 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 #2,892. See the growth leaderboard.

Kobe Steel

1,023
Commvault Systems

1,020
Mayo Foundation f…

1,020
Allstate Insurance

1,012
Nicira ◀

1,011
Toyoda Gosei

1,008
National Technolo…

1,004
The Board of Trus…

1,004
Nidec

999

What this shows Nicira holds 1,011 patents at rank #450, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nicira

By rank, the assignees closest to #450 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nicira, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Nicira ranks #51 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Chervon (HK) Limited 51 Regalo International, LLC 51 Labrador Diagnostics LLC 51 Umm-Al-Qura University 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.8 here).

NuCurrent, Inc. 19.8 avg Igus GMBH 19.8 avg Perceive Corporation 19.8 avg Calix, Inc. 19.8 avg

Nicira's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Nicira, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	37	3.7%
2016	60	5.9%
2017	81	8.0%
2018	136	13.5%
2019	182	18.0%
2020	189	18.7%
2021	125	12.4%
2022	82	8.1%
2023	77	7.6%
2024	36	3.6%
2025partial year	6	0.6%

Which technologies does Nicira, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 981

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 418

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 21

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 18

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 15

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 11

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 7

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

H04Q - Selecting 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

H04J - Multiplex Communication 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H04M - Telephonic 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

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

Nicira, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 97% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #450 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nicira, Inc. against Kobe Steel Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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