Where does Qnap Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Qnap Systems, Inc. ranks #7,609 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 Qnap Systems, Inc. hold?

Qnap Systems, Inc. holds 43 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Qnap Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Qnap Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.8 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Qnap Systems, Inc. focus on?

Qnap Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 24 patents, ranking #1,774 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

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

Qnap Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Qnap Systems, Inc.'s patents average 12.6 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 Qnap Systems, 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 Foreign Corporation

Qnap Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 43 granted patents across 11 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, Qnap ranks #7,609 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 43 patents across 11 technology areas.

#7,609
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.8/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: +267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7609 · Foreign Corporation #7,609 · 43 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 43 grants
UPPER-Q #7,609/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Peak Design
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Peak Design (±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 Qnap’s 46.8 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 13.1 pts (28%) Velocity 14.4 pts (31%) Breadth 11.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Innovative Cellular… · near

47
Changzhou Patent… · near

47
FEV Group · near

47
Kyushu University · near

47
Qnap Systems · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Qnap's Innovation Score is 46.8/100 (top 20% 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 Qnap?

Each dot is one of Qnap’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). Qnap’s own 12.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Qnap's grants concentrate

Qnap Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 55.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Qnap sits between Peak Design and Roxtec AB.

Qnap's three-year grant acceleration

Qnap Systems, Inc. shows 26 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Peak Design

43
Peak Innovations

43
Power Forest Tech…

43
Promier Products

43
Quick Fitting Hol…

43
Radiometer Medica…

43
Retractable

43
Roxtec AB

43
Qnap Systems ◀

43

What this shows Qnap holds 43 patents at rank #7,609, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Qnap

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,609 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Qnap, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Qnap ranks #1,774 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Kyushu University 47 FEV Group GmbH 47 Changzhou Patent Electronic Technology Co., Ltd 47 Innovative Cellular Therapeutics Holdings, Ltd. 47

Qnap's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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Qnap Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.3%
2017	1	2.3%
2018	2	4.7%
2019	5	11.6%
2020	3	7.0%
2021	4	9.3%
2022	16	37.2%
2023	6	14.0%
2024	4	9.3%
2025partial year	1	2.3%

Which technologies does Qnap Systems, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 24

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 2

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 11 of 11 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

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

Qnap Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 55.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #7,609 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Qnap Systems, Inc. against Peak Design, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.8/100 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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