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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sandisk Technologies, Inc. ranks #100 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 Technologies, Inc. hold?

Sandisk Technologies, Inc. holds 3,712 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 87 technology areas.

What is Sandisk Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sandisk Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 70.0 out of 100 (top 1% 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 Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Sandisk Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G11C (Static Stores) with 1,794 patents, ranking #5 of 882 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 87 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sandisk Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Sandisk Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 18.9 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 Technologies, 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 Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 3,712 granted patents across 87 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 #100 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 3,712 patents across 87 technology areas.

#100
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.0/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R100 · US Corporation #100 · 3,712 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 3.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #100/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KIA
CPC-WIDE G11C · 87 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KIA Corporation (±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 70.0 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 28.4 pts (41%) Velocity 5.3 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Deere & · near

70
Rockwell Automation · near

70
Monsanto Technology · near

70
Sandisk · this assignee

70
Realtek Semiconductor · near

70
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sandisk's Innovation Score is 70.0/100 (top 1% 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 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 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.

How Sandisk's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Sandisk Technologies, Inc. received 1,247 grants versus 2,074 in 2015–2019 (-40% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 520 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 153. Lead class G11C accounts for 48.3% of the portfolio across 87 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#96) and Corning Incorporated (#104).

Sandisk's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sandisk Technologies, Inc. moved from 864 to 689 grants (0.80x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,852. See the growth leaderboard.

Massachusetts Ins…

3,784
Xerox

3,772
Bayerische Motore…

3,749
KIA

3,712
Sandisk ◀

3,712
Fuji Xerox

3,629
Panasonic Intelle…

3,535
Hamilton Sundstra…

3,501
Corning Incorpora…

3,494

What this shows Sandisk holds 3,712 patents at rank #100, 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 #100 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11C (Static Stores)

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 G11C (Static Stores), Sandisk ranks #5 of 882 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (70 here).

Monsanto Technology LLC 70 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 70 Deere & Company 70 Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. 70

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.9 here).

Atmel Corporation 18.9 avg Bnsf Railway Company 18.9 avg The Heil Co. 18.9 avg u-blox AG 18.9 avg

Sandisk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

70 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

View data table

Sandisk Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	371	10.0%
2016	506	13.6%
2017	520	14.0%
2018	371	10.0%
2019	306	8.2%
2020	306	8.2%
2021	252	6.8%
2022	231	6.2%
2023	153	4.1%
2024	305	8.2%
2025partial year	391	10.5%

Which technologies does Sandisk Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G11C - Static Stores 1,794

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 1,395

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1,347

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 834

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 648

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 209

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 95

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 87

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 55

H03K - Pulse Technique 53

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 47

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 41

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 37

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 31

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 28

Top 15 of 87 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 Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sandisk Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G11C (Static Stores), 48.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11C
Ranked #100 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sandisk Technologies, Inc. against Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.0/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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