Riverbed Technology LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 94 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Riverbed ranks #3,856 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 94 patents across 11 technology areas.
- #3,856
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 33%
- by Innovation Score (41.6/100)
- 19.4
- avg claims per patent
- -70%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R3856 · US Corporation #3,856 · 94 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-SMALL 94 grants
- TOP-DECILE #3,856/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH MiMedx Group
- CPC-FOCUS H04L · 11 areas
- INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-DROP -70% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: MiMedx Group, Inc. (±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 Riverbed’s 41.6 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Riverbed
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Hgci · near
Hgci · near
42 score
- Hitachi-Johnson… · near
Hitachi-Johnson… · near
42 score
- RareCyte · near
RareCyte · near
42 score
- Riverbed Technology · this assignee
Riverbed Technology · this assignee
42 score
- Supernus Pharmaceuti… · near
Supernus Pharmaceuti… · near
42 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Riverbed's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 Riverbed?
Each dot is one of Riverbed’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). Riverbed’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Riverbed's grants concentrate
Riverbed Technology LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 72.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (35 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Riverbed sits between MiMedx Group, Inc. and Skullcandy, Inc..
Riverbed's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Riverbed Technology LLC moved from 24 to 9 grants (0.38x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Riverbed's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Mimedx Group
MiMedx Group, Inc.
94 patents
- Mitsuboshi Belting
Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
94 patents
- National Universi…
National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System
94 patents
- Plume Design
Plume Design, Inc.
94 patents
- Sanyo Chemical In…
Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
94 patents
- SUN Yat-sen Unive…
SUN Yat-sen University
94 patents
- Shanghai Huali In…
Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation
94 patents
- Skullcandy
Skullcandy, Inc.
94 patents
- Riverbed Technolo… ◀
Riverbed Technology LLC
94 patents
What this shows Riverbed holds 94 patents at rank #3,856, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Riverbed
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,856 in granted patent volume.
- MiMedx Group, Inc. #3,852 · 94 patents
- Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. #3,853 · 94 patents
- National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System #3,854 · 94 patents
- Plume Design, Inc. #3,855 · 94 patents
- Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. #3,857 · 94 patents
- SUN Yat-sen University #3,858 · 94 patents
- Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation #3,859 · 94 patents
- Skullcandy, Inc. #3,860 · 94 patents
Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Riverbed's primary technology class.
- International Business Machines Corporation 15,969 in class
- Qualcomm Incorporated 13,594 in class
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 11,697 in class
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 10,543 in class
- LG Electronics Inc. 9,062 in class
- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) 8,543 in class
- Cisco Technology, Inc. 7,502 in class
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 7,301 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Riverbed, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Riverbed ranks #513 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).
Riverbed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35 | 37.2% |
| 2016 | 15 | 16.0% |
| 2017 | 5 | 5.3% |
| 2018 | 4 | 4.3% |
| 2019 | 12 | 12.8% |
| 2020 | 5 | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 7 | 7.4% |
| 2022 | 2 | 2.1% |
| 2023 | 4 | 4.3% |
| 2024 | 3 | 3.2% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 2.1% |
Which technologies does Riverbed Technology LLC patent most?
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Riverbed Technology LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Riverbed Technology LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 72.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
- Ranked #3,856 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Riverbed Technology LLC against MiMedx Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.