Where does Seagate Technologies LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Seagate Technologies LLC ranks #25,147 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 Seagate Technologies LLC hold?

Seagate Technologies LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Seagate Technologies LLC's Innovation Score?

Seagate Technologies LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.1 out of 100 (47th 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 Seagate Technologies LLC focus on?

Seagate Technologies LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 5 patents, ranking #6,197 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Seagate Technologies LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Seagate Technologies LLC's recent grant velocity is -90% 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 Seagate Technologies LLC's patents?

Seagate Technologies LLC's patents average 18.6 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 Seagate Technologies 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

Seagate Technologies LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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, Seagate ranks #25,147 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 14 technology areas.

#25,147
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.1/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25147 · US Corporation #25,147 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,147/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saurer & KG
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG (±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 Seagate’s 34.1 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 8.6 pts (25%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 13.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Seagate · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Seagate's Innovation Score is 34.1/100 (47th 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 Seagate?

Each dot is one of Seagate’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). Seagate’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Seagate's grants concentrate

Seagate Technologies LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Seagate sits between Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG and SecurityMetrics, Inc..

Seagate's three-year grant acceleration

Seagate Technologies LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Saurer & KG

11
Schneider Electri…

11
Scope Holdings

11
Scout Exchange

11
Secretlab SG Pte

11
Sectra AB

11
Secure Communicat…

11
Securitymetrics

11
Seagate ◀

11

What this shows Seagate holds 11 patents at rank #25,227, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Seagate

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,227 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Seagate's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Seagate Technologies LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	27.3%
2017	1	9.1%
2019	6	54.5%
2022	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Seagate Technologies LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G11C - Static Stores 5

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 4

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

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; 2

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

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 1

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

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

C23F - Non-mechanical Removal OF Metallic Material From Surface ; Inhibiting Corrosion OF Metallic Material OR Incrustation IN GENERAL; Multi-step Processes FOR Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material Involving AT Least ONE Process Provided FOR IN Class C23 AND AT Least ONE Process Covered BY Subclass C21d 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Seagate Technologies LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Seagate Technologies LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #25,147 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Seagate Technologies LLC against Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.1/100 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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