Where does Splunk Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Splunk Inc. ranks #216 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 Splunk Inc. hold?

Splunk Inc. holds 1,859 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Splunk Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Splunk Inc. has an Innovation Score of 70.7 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 Splunk Inc. focus on?

Splunk Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 1,602 patents, ranking #45 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

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

Splunk Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +224% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Splunk Inc.'s patents?

Splunk Inc.'s patents average 23.9 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 Splunk 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

Splunk Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,859 granted patents across 34 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Splunk ranks #216 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,859 patents across 34 technology areas.

#216
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.7/100): 23.9
avg claims per patent: +224%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R216 · US Corporation #216 · 1,859 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.9K grants
TOP-DECILE #216/49,997
NEAR-PEER Compagnie Generale…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 34 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +224% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin (±15 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 Splunk’s 70.7 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 26.0 pts (37%) Velocity 9.7 pts (14%) Breadth 20.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Brother Kogyo · near

71
7-eleven · near

71
Splunk · this assignee

71
Totalenergies Onetech · near

71
Beijing Tusen Zhitu… · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Splunk's Innovation Score is 70.7/100 (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 Splunk?

Each dot is one of Splunk’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). Splunk’s own 23.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Splunk's grants concentrate

Splunk Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 86.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (373 grants) versus a trough of 43 in 2016. By volume, Splunk sits between Bridgestone Corporation and Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.

Splunk's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Splunk Inc. moved from 623 to 907 grants (1.46x 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 #484. See the growth leaderboard.

Bridgestone

1,895
L'oreal

1,890
Tsinghua Universi…

1,881
Microsoft

1,880
Splunk ◀

1,859
Compagnie General…

1,844
The Nielsen (US)

1,844
California Instit…

1,842
Dr Ing h c F Pors…

1,841

What this shows Splunk holds 1,859 patents at rank #216, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Splunk

By rank, the assignees closest to #216 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Splunk, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Splunk ranks #45 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).

7-eleven, Inc. 71 Totalenergies Onetech 71 Beijing Tusen Zhitu Technology Co., Ltd. 71 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.9 here).

View, Inc. 23.9 avg Zymergen Inc. 23.9 avg ExtraHop Networks, Inc. 23.9 avg MKS Instruments, Inc. 23.9 avg

Splunk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

71 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

Splunk Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	50	2.7%
2016	43	2.3%
2017	70	3.8%
2018	100	5.4%
2019	160	8.6%
2020	214	11.5%
2021	249	13.4%
2022	286	15.4%
2023	373	20.1%
2024	248	13.3%
2025partial year	66	3.6%

Which technologies does Splunk Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1,602

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 723

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 222

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 198

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 195

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 84

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 30

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 17

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 11

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 10

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 9

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 9

H04M - Telephonic Communication 8

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 7

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

Top 15 of 34 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Splunk Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 86.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #216 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Splunk Inc. against Bridgestone Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.7/100 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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