Where does Silicon Valley Bank rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Silicon Valley Bank ranks #8,288 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 Silicon Valley Bank hold?

Silicon Valley Bank holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Silicon Valley Bank's Innovation Score?

Silicon Valley Bank has an Innovation Score of 40.1 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Silicon Valley Bank focus on?

Silicon Valley Bank's top technology area is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials) with 12 patents, ranking #258 of 1,637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Silicon Valley Bank's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Silicon Valley Bank's recent grant velocity is +1100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Silicon Valley Bank's patents?

Silicon Valley Bank's patents average 20.6 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 Silicon Valley Bank 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

Silicon Valley Bank

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 13 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: H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Silicon ranks #8,288 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 13 technology areas.

#8,288
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.1/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: +1100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8288 · US Corporation #8,288 · 39 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,288/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sakuu
CPC-FOCUS H01Q · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sakuu 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 Silicon’s 40.1 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 12.7 pts (32%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 12.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GEA Tuchenhagen · near

40
Herbert Waldmann & KG · near

40
Silicon Valley Bank · this assignee

40
SiTune · near

40
Smiths Detection-Wat… · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Silicon's Innovation Score is 40.1/100 (top 36% 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 Silicon?

Each dot is one of Silicon’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). Silicon’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Silicon's grants concentrate

Silicon Valley Bank is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 30.8% of grants classified under H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (27 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Silicon sits between Shanghai Institute OF Ceramics, Chinese Academy OF Sciences and Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG.

Silicon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Silicon Valley Bank moved from 27 to 9 grants (0.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Shanghai Institut…

39
Shenyang Institut…

39
Shenzhen Bestqi I…

39
Silhouette Intern…

39
Skyworks Filter S…

39
Sakuu

39
Sanyo Special Ste…

39
Schreiner Group &…

39
Silicon Valley Ba… ◀

39

What this shows Silicon holds 39 patents at rank #8,283, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Silicon

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,283 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01Q (Antennas)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Silicon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01Q (Antennas), Silicon ranks #258 of 1,637 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Smiths Detection-Watford Limited 40 Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG 40 GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH 40 SiTune Corporation 40

Silicon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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.

View data table

Silicon Valley Bank patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	2.6%
2017	1	2.6%
2018	1	2.6%
2021	27	69.2%
2022	9	23.1%

Which technologies does Silicon Valley Bank patent most?

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 12

H04B - Transmission 10

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

H03F - Amplifiers 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Silicon Valley Bank's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Silicon Valley Bank's lead technology class is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials), 30.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01Q
Ranked #8,288 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Silicon Valley Bank against Shanghai Institute OF Ceramics, Chinese Academy OF Sciences, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.1/100 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

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.