Where does Sandisk, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sandisk, Inc. ranks #33,150 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, Inc. hold?

Sandisk, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Sandisk, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sandisk, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.6 out of 100 (31st percentile 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, Inc. focus on?

Sandisk, Inc.'s top technology area is G11C (Static Stores) with 5 patents, ranking #351 of 882 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sandisk, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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, Inc.'s patents?

Sandisk, Inc.'s patents average 19.0 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, 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

Sandisk, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 9 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: G11C (Static Stores).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sandisk ranks #33,150 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 9 technology areas.

#33,150
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.6/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33150 · US Corporation #33,150 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,150/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safend
CPC-NARROW G11C · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safend Ltd. (±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 29.6 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 7.6 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sandisk · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sandisk's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (31st percentile 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 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 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, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under G11C (Static Stores). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Sandisk sits between Safend Ltd. and SavantX, Inc..

Safend

8
Sakai Heavy Indus…

8
Salco Products

8
Samsong Industries

8
Sanisure

8
Sansi Optoelectro…

8
Savant Holdings

8
Savantx

8
Sandisk ◀

8

What this shows Sandisk holds 8 patents at rank #33,312, 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 #33,312 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11C (Static Stores)

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

Sandisk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% 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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Sandisk, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	62.5%
2016	2	25.0%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Sandisk, Inc. patent most?

G11C - Static Stores 5

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Sandisk, Inc.'s lead technology class is G11C (Static Stores), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11C
Ranked #33,150 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sandisk, Inc. against Safend Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.6/100 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

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.