Where does Palo Alto Networks, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ranks #703 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 Palo Alto Networks, Inc. hold?

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. holds 646 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.6 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 Palo Alto Networks, Inc. focus on?

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 518 patents, ranking #96 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +105% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s patents?

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s patents average 21.2 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 Palo Alto Networks, 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

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 646 granted patents across 14 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, Palo ranks #703 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 646 patents across 14 technology areas.

#703
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.6/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: +105%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R703 · US Corporation #703 · 646 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 646 grants
TOP-DECILE #703/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH City University OF…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +105% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: City University OF Hong Kong (±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 Palo’s 59.6 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 22.4 pts (38%) Velocity 11.3 pts (19%) Breadth 13.2 pts (22%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Harman Becker… · near

60
Palo Alto Networks · this assignee

60
Preformed Line… · near

60
Syngenta Participati… · near

60
TPK Advanced Solutions · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Palo's Innovation Score is 59.6/100 (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 Palo?

Each dot is one of Palo’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). Palo’s own 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Palo's grants concentrate

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 80.2% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (99 grants) versus a trough of 26 in 2015. By volume, Palo sits between Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc..

Palo's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Palo Alto Networks, Inc. moved from 149 to 252 grants (1.69x 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 #316. See the growth leaderboard.

Mitsui Chemicals

649
Continental Autom…

648
City University O…

646
Goertek

646
Palo Alto Networks ◀

646
GS Yuasa Internat…

645
Siemens Energy

645
Vanderbilt Univer…

642
Abbott Cardiovasc…

640

What this shows Palo holds 646 patents at rank #703, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Palo

By rank, the assignees closest to #703 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Palo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Palo ranks #96 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Syngenta Participations AG 60 Harman Becker Automotive Systems GMBH 60 TPK Advanced Solutions Inc. 60 Preformed Line Products Co. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.2 here).

WiTricity Corporation 21.2 avg THE Code Corporation 21.2 avg Wyse Technology L.L.C. 21.2 avg Varian Medical Systems, Inc. 21.2 avg

Palo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 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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Palo Alto Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	26	4.0%
2016	33	5.1%
2017	41	6.3%
2018	33	5.1%
2019	42	6.5%
2020	57	8.8%
2021	50	7.7%
2022	55	8.5%
2023	98	15.2%
2024	99	15.3%
2025partial year	112	17.3%

Which technologies does Palo Alto Networks, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 518

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 320

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 117

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 65

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 8

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 4

G16Y - Information AND Communication Technology Specially Adapted FOR THE Internet OF Things [IoT] 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

G11C - Static Stores 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

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 1

H04B - Transmission 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 80.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #703 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Palo Alto Networks, Inc. against Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.6/100 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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