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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nutanix, Inc. ranks #803 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 Nutanix, Inc. hold?

Nutanix, Inc. holds 574 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Nutanix, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nutanix, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.5 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 Nutanix, Inc. focus on?

Nutanix, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 497 patents, ranking #153 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nutanix, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +243% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Nutanix, Inc.'s patents average 24.5 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 Nutanix, 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

Nutanix, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 574 granted patents across 20 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nutanix ranks #803 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 574 patents across 20 technology areas.

#803
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.5/100): 24.5
avg claims per patent: +243%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R803 · US Corporation #803 · 574 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 574 grants
TOP-DECILE #803/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Silergy Semiconducto…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +243% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd. (±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 Nutanix’s 58.5 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 22.0 pts (38%) Velocity 6.1 pts (10%) Breadth 15.8 pts (27%) Claim depth 14.7 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bruker Nano · near

59
Clemson University · near

59
MTU Aero Engines · near

59
Nutanix · this assignee

59
Zeon · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nutanix's Innovation Score is 58.5/100 (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 Nutanix?

Each dot is one of Nutanix’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). Nutanix’s own 24.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nutanix's grants concentrate

Nutanix, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 86.6% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (115 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, Nutanix sits between Oshkosh Corporation and MTU Aero Engines AG.

Nutanix's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nutanix, Inc. moved from 240 to 218 grants (0.91x 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 #1,447. See the growth leaderboard.

Oshkosh

576
Stanley Electric

575
THE Texas A&M Uni…

575
The University of…

575
Silergy Semicondu…

574
Nutanix ◀

574
Gyrus Acmi

572
Honor Device

571
MTU Aero Engines

571

What this shows Nutanix holds 574 patents at rank #803, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nutanix

By rank, the assignees closest to #803 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nutanix, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Nutanix ranks #153 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

MTU Aero Engines AG 59 Zeon Corporation 59 Bruker Nano, Inc. 59 Clemson University 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.5 here).

Ticona LLC 24.5 avg Wolfspeed, Inc. 24.5 avg Smart Technologies ULC 24.5 avg Tula eTechnology, Inc. 24.5 avg

Nutanix'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 · 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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Nutanix, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	0.7%
2016	12	2.1%
2017	22	3.8%
2018	31	5.4%
2019	50	8.7%
2020	115	20.0%
2021	75	13.1%
2022	60	10.5%
2023	80	13.9%
2024	78	13.6%
2025partial year	47	8.2%

Which technologies does Nutanix, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 497

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 241

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 13

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 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

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 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G16Y - Information AND Communication Technology Specially Adapted FOR THE Internet OF Things [IoT] 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

H04Q - Selecting 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 15 of 20 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

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

Nutanix, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 86.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #803 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nutanix, Inc. against Oshkosh Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.5/100 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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