Where does Sandisk IL Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sandisk IL Ltd. ranks #6,272 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 IL Ltd. hold?

Sandisk IL Ltd. holds 54 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Sandisk IL Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Sandisk IL Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 41.1 out of 100 (top 34% 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 IL Ltd. focus on?

Sandisk IL Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 36 patents, ranking #1,274 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sandisk IL Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sandisk IL Ltd.'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 IL Ltd.'s patents?

Sandisk IL Ltd.'s patents average 25.6 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 Sandisk IL Ltd. 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

Sandisk IL Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 54 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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 #6,272 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 54 patents across 12 technology areas.

#6,272
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.1/100): 25.6
avg claims per patent: -98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6272 · Foreign Corporation #6,272 · 54 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 54 grants
UPPER-Q #6,272/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Phase Sensitive…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Phase Sensitive Innovations, 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 Sandisk’s 41.1 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 13.8 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Climate Master · near

41
Vito (VLAAMSE… · near

41
Kendrion (VILLINGEN) · near

41
Pixium Vision · near

41
Sandisk IL · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sandisk's Innovation Score is 41.1/100 (top 34% 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 25.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 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 IL Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (28 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Sandisk sits between Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc. and Smart Technologies ULC.

Phase Sensitive I…

54
Qwest Communicati…

54
REE Automotive

54
Research Cooperat…

54
Santoni S P A

54
Seiren

54
Skybell IP

54
Smart ULC

54
Sandisk IL ◀

54

What this shows Sandisk holds 54 patents at rank #6,271, 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 #6,271 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 #1,274 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Kendrion (VILLINGEN) GMBH 41 Pixium Vision SA 41 Climate Master, Inc. 41 Vito NV (VLAAMSE Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV) 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (25.6 here).

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. 25.6 avg InVue Security Products Inc. 25.6 avg InCube Labs, LLC 25.6 avg Evolution Engineering Inc. 25.6 avg

Sandisk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

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 IL Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	28	51.9%
2016	10	18.5%
2017	6	11.1%
2018	5	9.3%
2019	4	7.4%
2020	1	1.9%

Which technologies does Sandisk IL Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 36

G11C - Static Stores 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04H - Broadcast Communication 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

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 1

Top 12 of 12 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 IL Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sandisk IL Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #6,272 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sandisk IL Ltd. against Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.1/100 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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