Where does SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC ranks #6,946 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 SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC hold?

SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC holds 48 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC's Innovation Score?

SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC focus on?

SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 42 patents, ranking #1,121 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC's recent grant velocity is -98% 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 SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC's patents?

SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC's patents average 22.3 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 SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC 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

SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Sandisk ranks #6,946 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 10 technology areas.

#6,946
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 22.3
avg claims per patent: -98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6946 · US Corporation #6,946 · 48 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 48 grants
UPPER-Q #6,946/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saudi Aramco
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saudi Aramco Technologies Company (±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 Sandisk’s 38.0 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 13.4 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Haier Group · near

38
Huntleigh Technology · near

38
Indian Wells Medical · near

38
SanDisk Enterprise IP · this assignee

38
WirePath Home Systems · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sandisk's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Sandisk?

Each dot is one of Sandisk’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). Sandisk’s own 22.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sandisk's grants concentrate

SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (29 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Sandisk sits between Skyworks Global PTE. Ltd. and Shenzhen Jisu Technology Co., Ltd.

Skyworks Global P…

48
Spinal Generations

48
Summit Glove

48
Sungkyunkwan Univ…

48
Saudi Aramco

48
Seek Thermal

48
Shaheen Innovatio…

48
Shenzhen Jisu Tec…

48
Sandisk Enterpris… ◀

48

What this shows SanDisk holds 48 patents at rank #6,951, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SanDisk

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,951 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SanDisk, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), SanDisk ranks #1,121 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Haier Group Corporation 38 WirePath Home Systems, LLC 38 Huntleigh Technology Limited 38 Indian Wells Medical, Inc. 38

Sandisk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	60.4%
2016	16	33.3%
2018	2	4.2%
2021	1	2.1%

Which technologies does SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 42

G11C - Static Stores 21

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 8

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

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 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

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

Top 10 of 10 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

SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #6,946 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC against Skyworks Global PTE. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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

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