Where does Nimble Storage, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nimble Storage, Inc. ranks #9,833 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 Nimble Storage, Inc. hold?

Nimble Storage, Inc. holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Nimble Storage, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nimble Storage, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nimble Storage, Inc. focus on?

Nimble Storage, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 32 patents, ranking #1,397 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nimble Storage, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Nimble Storage, Inc.'s patents?

Nimble Storage, Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 Nimble Storage, 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

Nimble Storage, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nimble ranks #9,833 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 4 technology areas.

#9,833
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9833 · US Corporation #9,833 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,833/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MiniPumps
CPC-NARROW G06F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MiniPumps 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 Nimble’s 28.8 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 12.1 pts (42%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
EtherFAX · near

29
Power Probe Group · near

29
THE Monadnock · near

29
Nimble Storage · this assignee

29
Escape Therapeutics · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nimble's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (29th percentile 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 Nimble?

Each dot is one of Nimble’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). Nimble’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nimble's grants concentrate

Nimble Storage, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (12 grants) versus a trough of 9 in 2015. By volume, Nimble sits between MiniPumps LLC and Novinium, LLC.

Minipumps

32
Nagano Keiki

32
NEX Team

32
Nihon Medi-physics

32
Nippon Zoki Pharm…

32
NO 24 Research In…

32
Novares France

32
Novinium

32
Nimble Storage ◀

32

What this shows Nimble holds 32 patents at rank #9,829, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nimble

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,829 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nimble, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Nimble ranks #1,397 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

EtherFAX, LLC 29 THE Monadnock Company 29 Power Probe Group, Inc. 29 Escape Therapeutics, Inc. 29

Nimble's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nimble Storage, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	28.1%
2016	12	37.5%
2017	11	34.4%

Which technologies does Nimble Storage, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 32

G11C - Static Stores 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

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

Top 4 of 4 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

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

Nimble Storage, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #9,833 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nimble Storage, Inc. against MiniPumps LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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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