Where does Silver Spring Networks, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Silver Spring Networks, Inc. ranks #5,245 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 Silver Spring Networks, Inc. hold?

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Silver Spring Networks, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.8 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Silver Spring Networks, Inc. focus on?

Silver Spring Networks, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 41 patents, ranking #767 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Silver Spring Networks, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Silver Spring Networks, 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 Silver Spring Networks, Inc.'s patents?

Silver Spring Networks, Inc.'s patents average 21.5 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 Silver Spring Networks, 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

Silver Spring Networks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Silver ranks #5,245 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 24 technology areas.

#5,245
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.8/100): 21.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5245 · US Corporation #5,245 · 66 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,245/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Paul Hettich & KG
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Paul Hettich 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Digi International · near

45
Measurement… · near

45
Parata Systems · near

45
Red Bull · near

45
Silver Spring Networks · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Silver's Innovation Score is 44.8/100 (top 25% 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.

Where Silver's grants concentrate

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 62.1% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (26 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Silver sits between Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG and Tekelec, Inc..

Paul Hettich & KG

66
Quantumscape Batt…

66
R P Scherer

66
Röchling Automoti…

66
Sorin Group Itali…

66
Spraying Systems

66
Superior Industri…

66
Tekelec

66
Silver Spring Net… ◀

66

What this shows Silver holds 66 patents at rank #5,245, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Silver

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,245 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Silver, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Silver ranks #767 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Digi International Inc. 45 Measurement Specialties, Inc. 45 Parata Systems, LLC 45 Red Bull GmbH 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.5 here).

Sococo, LLC 21.5 avg Solaredge Technologies Ltd. 21.5 avg Veveo LLC 21.5 avg The Babcock & Wilcox Company 21.5 avg

Silver's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Silver Spring Networks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	33.3%
2016	15	22.7%
2017	26	39.4%
2018	3	4.5%

Which technologies does Silver Spring Networks, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 41

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 38

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 29

H04B - Transmission 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 14

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

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 9

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 8

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 3

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,245

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Silver Spring Networks, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Silver Spring Networks, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 62.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #5,245 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Silver Spring Networks, Inc. against Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.8/100 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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